Valid publication:
Sangkhobol V, Skerman VBD. Chitinophaga, a new genus of chitinolytic myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:285-293.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
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:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981.Publication:
Sangkhobol V, Skerman VBD. Chitinophaga, a new genus of chitinolytic myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:285-293.
😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.Publication:
Glavina Del Rio T, Abt B, Spring S, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Tice H, Copeland A, Cheng JF, Chen F, Bruce D, et al. Complete genome sequence of Chitinophaga pinensis type strain (UQM 2034). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:87-95.