Name: Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, alkali-loving

Pronunciation, gender: al-ka-LI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ACht1; DSM 24538; UNIQEM U887

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF304641 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Gumerov VM, Rakitin AL, Beletsky AV, Damste JS, Muyzer G, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium from the candidate phylum Termite Group 3. Environ Microbiol 2014; 16:1549-1565.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3603-3606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chitinivibrio Sorokin et al. 2014. Publication: Sorokin DY, Gumerov VM, Rakitin AL, Beletsky AV, Damste JS, Muyzer G, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium from the candidate phylum Termite Group 3. Environ Microbiol 2014; 16:1549-1565.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Chitinivibrio Sorokin et al. 2014

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Gumerov VM, Rakitin AL, Beletsky AV, Damste JS, Muyzer G, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of Chitinivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely haloalkaliphilic anaerobic chitinolytic bacterium from the candidate phylum Termite Group 3. Environ Microbiol 2014; 16:1549-1565.

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