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Species Chitinophaga caseinilytica

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Chitinophagia Chitinophagales Chitinophagaceae Chitinophaga Chitinophaga caseinilytica

Name: Chitinophaga caseinilytica Dahal and Kim 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.se.i.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. caseinum, casein; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. caseinilytica, casein-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khi-ti-NO-pha-ga ka-se-i-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: KACC 19118; KEMB 9005-540; NBRC 112679; S-52

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16S rRNA gene: KY117468 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Dahal RH, Kim J. Chitinophaga caseinilytica sp. nov., a casein hydrolysing bacterium isolated from forest soil. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:645-651. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 182. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2130-2133.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981

Assigned by: Dahal RH, Kim J. Chitinophaga caseinilytica sp. nov., a casein hydrolysing bacterium isolated from forest soil. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:645-651. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797589

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