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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Cellvibrio chitinivorans

Name: Cellvibrio chitinivorans Xin et al. 2025

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. masc. part. adj. chitinivorans, chitin-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kell-WI-bri-o khi-ti-NI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 8393; MCCC 1K08847; NN19

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16S rRNA gene: OR810597 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Xin Y, Qin X, Zhang H, Dong T, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Tu T, Huang H, Yao B, et al. Cellvibrio chitinivorans sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from an intertidal mudflat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6827. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Cellvibrio (ex Winogradsky 1929) Blackall et al. 1986

Assigned by: Xin Y, Qin X, Zhang H, Dong T, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Tu T, Huang H, Yao B, et al. Cellvibrio chitinivorans sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from an intertidal mudflat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6827. 🇨🇳

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