Name: Deefgea chitinilytica Chen et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. chitinilytica, chitin-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17934; DSM 24713; LMG 24817; Nsw-4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ347759 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Chung YN, Chiu TF, Cheng CY, Arun AB, Sheu SY. Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov., isolated from a wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1450-1453.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1987-1988.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Deefgea Stackebrandt et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chen WM, Chung YN, Chiu TF, Cheng CY, Arun AB, Sheu SY. Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov., isolated from a wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1450-1453.

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Record number: 788593