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Species Chitinophaga vietnamensis
Name: Chitinophaga vietnamensis Tran et al. 2020
Etymology: viet.na.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. vietnamensis, of Vietnam
Pronunciation, gender: … wiet-na-MEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: BD 01; CSUR P9622; VTCC 70981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK828556
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Tran TLQ, Anani H, Trinh HT, Pham TPT, Dang VK, Ho VM, Bui NHL, Nguyen NH, Raoult D, Trinh TT, et al. Chitinophaga vietnamensis sp. nov., a multi-drug resistant bacterium infecting humans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1758-1768. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981
Assigned by:
Tran TLQ, Anani H, Trinh HT, Pham TPT, Dang VK, Ho VM, Bui NHL, Nguyen NH, Raoult D, Trinh TT, et al. Chitinophaga vietnamensis sp. nov., a multi-drug resistant bacterium infecting humans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1758-1768. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 5385
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