Name: Chitinibacter fontanus Sheu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ta’nus. L. masc. adj. fontanus, of or from a spring or fountain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80923; KCTC 42982; LMG 29289; STM 7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN890296 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Li YS, Young CC, Chen WM. Chitinibacter fontanus sp. nov., isolated from a spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4262-4268.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Li YS, Young CC, Chen WM. Chitinibacter fontanus sp. nov., isolated from a spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4262-4268.

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Record number: 794699