Name: Chitinilyticum litopenaei Chang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.pe.nae’i. N.L. masc. n. Litopenaeus, the scientific name of a genus of shrimp; N.L. gen. masc. n. litopenaei, of Litopenaeus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a culture pond for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 17609; c1; DSM 21440

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU682455 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chang SC, Wu MC, Chen WM, Tsai YH, Lee TM. Chitinilyticum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater shrimp pond, and emended description of the genus Chitinilyticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2651-2655.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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: Chitinilyticum Chang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chang SC, Wu MC, Chen WM, Tsai YH, Lee TM. Chitinilyticum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater shrimp pond, and emended description of the genus Chitinilyticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2651-2655.

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