Name: Arenicella chitinivorans Nedashkovskaya et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. chitinivorans, chitin-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-ti-NI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 100248; KCTC 12711; KMM 6208; LMG 26983

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16S rRNA gene: MT758064 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Cleenwerck I, Zhukova NV, Kim SB, de Vos P. Arenicella chitinivorans sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4124-4129.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Cleenwerck I, Zhukova NV, Kim SB, de Vos P. Arenicella chitinivorans sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4124-4129.

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Record number: 791290