Name: Mitsuaria chitosanitabida Amakata et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi’to.san.it.ab’i.da. N.L. neut. n. chitosanum, chitosan; L. fem. adj. tabida, dissolving, decaying, consuming, putrefying; N.L. fem. adj. chitosanitabida, dissolving chitosan, a polysaccharide found in Crustacea, which is a deacetylated derivative of chitin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3001; ATCC BAA-476; IAM 14711; JCM 21276; NBRC 102408

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB006851 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amakata D, Matsuo Y, Shimono K, Park JK, Yun CS, Matsuda H, Yokota A, Kawamukai M. Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, chitosanase-producing member of the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1927-1932.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseateles chitosanitabidus (Amakata et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseateles chitosanitabidus (Amakata et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mitsuaria Amakata et al. 2005. Publication: Amakata D, Matsuo Y, Shimono K, Park JK, Yun CS, Matsuda H, Yokota A, Kawamukai M. Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, chitosanase-producing member of the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1927-1932.
  • ❗ Mitsuaria chitosanitabida is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mitsuaria.
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mitsuaria Amakata et al. 2005

Assigned by: Amakata D, Matsuo Y, Shimono K, Park JK, Yun CS, Matsuda H, Yokota A, Kawamukai M. Mitsuaria chitosanitabida gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, chitosanase-producing member of the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1927-1932.

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