Name: Chitinimonas viridis Joung et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi’ri.dis. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green, greenish, referring to the green-coloured cells

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 7703; DSM 29130; HMD2169; KCTC 22839

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ354569 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Joung Y, Lee BI, Kang H, Kim H, Joh K. Chitinimonas viridis sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1123-1126.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Chitinimonas Chang et al. 2004

Assigned by: Joung Y, Lee BI, Kang H, Kim H, Joh K. Chitinimonas viridis sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1123-1126.

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Record number: 791733