Name: Chitinibacter tainanensis Chern et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.na.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tainanensis, referring to Tainan, a town in Southern Taiwan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17254; DSM 15459; S1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY264287 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chern LL, Stackebrandt E, Lee SF, Lee FL, Chen JK, Fu HM. Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1387-1391.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004. Publication: Chern LL, Stackebrandt E, Lee SF, Lee FL, Chen JK, Fu HM. Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1387-1391.
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004

Assigned by: Chern LL, Stackebrandt E, Lee SF, Lee FL, Chen JK, Fu HM. Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1387-1391.

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