Species Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum

Name: Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (indeclinable); N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. alkaliphilum, alkali-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hi-ti-ni-spi-RIL-lum al-ka-LI-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: ACht6-1; DSM 24539; UNIQEM U893

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF304644 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Rakitin AL, Gumerov VM, Beletsky AV, Sinninghe Damste JS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., A Haloalkaliphilic Anaerobic Chitinolytic Bacterium Representing a Novel Class in the Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:407. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chitinispirillum Sorokin et al. 2016. Publication: Sorokin DY, Rakitin AL, Gumerov VM, Beletsky AV, Sinninghe Damste JS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., A Haloalkaliphilic Anaerobic Chitinolytic Bacterium Representing a Novel Class in the Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:407. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Chitinispirillum Sorokin et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Rakitin AL, Gumerov VM, Beletsky AV, Sinninghe Damste JS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of Chitinispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., A Haloalkaliphilic Anaerobic Chitinolytic Bacterium Representing a Novel Class in the Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:407. 🇷🇺

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