Name: Halanaerobacter chitinivorans corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. chitinivorans, chitin-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 105156; DSM 9569; OCM 229; W5C8

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U32596 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liaw HJ, Mah RA. Isolation and Characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Halophilic, Anaerobic, Chitinolytic Bacterium from a Solar Saltern. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:260-266.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans Liaw and Mah 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Halanaerobacter chitinovorans Liaw and Mah 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halanaerobacter corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996. Publication: Liaw HJ, Mah RA. Isolation and Characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Halophilic, Anaerobic, Chitinolytic Bacterium from a Solar Saltern. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:260-266.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. No longer available at CIP. DSMZ strain produces very low cell density, difficult to obtain sufficient material for sequencing.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, chitinovorans (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000. Publication: Oren A. Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2229-2230.

Parent taxon: Halanaerobacter corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996

Assigned by: Liaw HJ, Mah RA. Isolation and Characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Halophilic, Anaerobic, Chitinolytic Bacterium from a Solar Saltern. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:260-266.

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