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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Alkalihalobacterium chitinilyticum"

Name: "Alkalihalobacterium chitinilyticum" Thite et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loosen or dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. chitinilyticum, dissolving chitin

Pronunciation, gender: khi-ti-ni-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: JCM 35078; MCC 3920; MEB 203; NCIMB 15407

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16S rRNA gene: MZ057841 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Thite S, Tarwadge K, Mengade P, Lodha T, Joseph N, Thakkar L, Joshi A. Taxogenomics of Alkalihalobacterium chitinilyticum sp. nov.: an alkaliphilic chitin degrading bacterial strain isolated from Lonar Lake, India, with potential biotechnological applications. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1103-1112.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Alkalihalobacterium Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: Thite S, Tarwadge K, Mengade P, Lodha T, Joseph N, Thakkar L, Joshi A. Taxogenomics of Alkalihalobacterium chitinilyticum sp. nov.: an alkaliphilic chitin degrading bacterial strain isolated from Lonar Lake, India, with potential biotechnological applications. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1103-1112.

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Record number: 40241
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