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. part. adj. chitinivorans, chitin-devouring

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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