Name: Chitinimonas koreensis Kim et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. koreensis, of Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17726; KACC 11467; R2A43-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ256728 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Chen WM, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Chitinimonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1761-1764.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11500 (N = 19).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Chitinimonas Chang et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Chen WM, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Chitinimonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1761-1764.

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