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Species Chitinophaga terrae
Name: Chitinophaga terrae Kim and Jung 2007
Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth
Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, feminine
Type strain: DSM 23920; KCTC 12836; KP01; LMG 24015
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB278570
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Kim MK, Jung HY. Chitinophaga terrae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1721-1724. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Chitinophaga terrae" An et al. 2007.
- 😷 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 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981
Assigned by:
Kim MK, Jung HY. Chitinophaga terrae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1721-1724.
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Record number: 786597
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