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Species Chitinophaga humicola

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Chitinophagia Chitinophagales Chitinophagaceae Chitinophaga Chitinophaga humicola

Name: Chitinophaga humicola Chaudhary and Kim 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi’co.la. L. fem. n. humus, soil; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabiting; N.L. masc./fem. n. humicola, soil-inhabiting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khi-ti-NO-pha-ga hu-MI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: JCM 32158; KACC 19388; KEMB 9005-693; Ktm-2

See detailed strain information at bacdive-logo

16S rRNA gene: MF405103 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Chitinophaga humicola sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:751-757. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

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: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Chitinophaga humicola sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:751-757. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797547

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