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

Pronunciation, gender: … k^hi-ti-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

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

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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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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