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Name: Chitinophaga japonensis (Fujita et al. 1997) Kämpfer et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997

Etymology: ja.po.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. japonensis, pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khi-ti-NO-pha-ga ja-po-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 758; CIP 105790; DSM 13484; IFO 16041; JCM 9735; NBRC 16041

16S rRNA gene: AB078055 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Young CC, Sridhar KR, Arun AB, Lai WA, Shen FT, Rekha PD. Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2223-2228. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 4 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 risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Young CC, Sridhar KR, Arun AB, Lai WA, Shen FT, Rekha PD. Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2223-2228. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 785454