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Species Chitinophaga rupis

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Chitinophagia Chitinophagales Chitinophagaceae Chitinophaga Chitinophaga rupis

Name: Chitinophaga rupis Lee et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’pis. L. gen. fem. n. rupis, of a cliff, the location where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khi-ti-NO-pha-ga RU-pis, feminine

Type strain: CS5-B1; DSM 21039; KCTC 22170

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16S rRNA gene: FM865977 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Lee DW, Lee JE, Lee SD. Chitinophaga rupis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2830-2833. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • 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 5 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: Lee DW, Lee JE, Lee SD. Chitinophaga rupis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2830-2833. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788169

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