Name: Halanaerobacter chitinovorans Liaw and Mah 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-ti-NO-wo-rans, masculine

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

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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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Halanaerobacter chitinivorans corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans Liaw and Mah 1996	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Halanaerobacter chitinivorans corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 798421