Species Bacillus chitinolyticus

Name: Bacillus chitinolyticus Kuroshima et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.no.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. chitinolyticus, decomposing chitin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 104914; DSM 11030; EAG-3; IFO 15660; JCM 12162; KCTC 3791; LMG 18047; NBRC 15660; NRRL B-23119

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16S rRNA gene: AB680938 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuroshima KI, Sakane T, Takata R, Yokota A. Bacillus ehimensis sp. nov. and Bacillus chitinolyticus sp. nov., new chitinolytic members of the genus Bacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:76-80.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paenibacillus chitinolyticus (Kuroshima et al. 1996) Lee et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus chitinolyticus (Kuroshima et al. 1996) Lee et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Bacillus chitinolyticus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kuroshima KI, Sakane T, Takata R, Yokota A. Bacillus ehimensis sp. nov. and Bacillus chitinolyticus sp. nov., new chitinolytic members of the genus Bacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:76-80.

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Record number: 773672