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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021183 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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 instead 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

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Species Bacillus chitinolyticus