Name: Jeongeupia chitinilytica Chen et al. 2013

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, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. chitinilytica, dissolving chitin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80367; DSM 28058; Jchi; KCTC 23701

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF809864 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Chang RC, Cheng CY, Shiau YW, Sheu SY. Jeongeupia chitinilytica sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:934-938.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the species description (protologue), the type strain is erroneously cited as HL-12 in place of Jchi. — Gleim D. Personal communication, 2013-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2013; 63:1936.

Parent taxon: Jeongeupia Yoon et al. 2010

Assigned by: Chen WM, Chang RC, Cheng CY, Shiau YW, Sheu SY. Jeongeupia chitinilytica sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:934-938.

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Record number: 790616