Name: Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tro’pi.cus. L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, relating to the isolation of the type strain from a subtropical lake

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80168; DSM 27165; KL-9; LMG 25530

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU362099 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Yang SH, Huang WC, Cheng CY, Sheu SY. Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1086-1091.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chitinivorax Chen et al. 2012. Publication: Chen WM, Yang SH, Huang WC, Cheng CY, Sheu SY. Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1086-1091.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Chitinivorax Chen et al. 2012

Assigned by: Chen WM, Yang SH, Huang WC, Cheng CY, Sheu SY. Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1086-1091.

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