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Species Chitinophaga polysaccharea

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Chitinophagia Chitinophagales Chitinophagaceae Chitinophaga Chitinophaga polysaccharea

Name: Chitinophaga polysaccharea Han et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.sac.cha.re’a. Gr. adv. poly, many; Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; L. fem. adj. suff. -ea, suffix denoting made of or belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. polysaccharea, with many saccharides

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khi-ti-NO-pha-ga po-ly-sak-kha-RE-a, feminine

Type strain: KACC 17184; MRP-15; NBRC 109835; NCAIMB 2530

16S rRNA gene: KC430923 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Han SI, Lee HJ, Whang KS. Chitinophaga polysaccharea sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from the rhizoplane of Dioscorea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:55-59. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

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 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 3 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: Han SI, Lee HJ, Whang KS. Chitinophaga polysaccharea sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from the rhizoplane of Dioscorea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:55-59. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 791493

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