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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Natrarchaeobius chitinivorans

Name: Natrarchaeobius chitinivorans Sorokin et al. 2020

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. masc. part. adj. chitinivorans, chitin devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … khi-ti-NI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: AArcht4; JCM 32476; UNIQEM U966

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16S rRNA gene: KT247962 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Khijniak TV, Kublanov IV. Corrigendum to "Natrachaeobius chitinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natrarchaeobius haloalkaliphilus sp. nov., alkaliphilic, chitin-utilizing haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 309-318]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:126003. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Natrarchaeobius Sorokin et al. 2020

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Khijniak TV, Kublanov IV. Corrigendum to "Natrachaeobius chitinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natrarchaeobius haloalkaliphilus sp. nov., alkaliphilic, chitin-utilizing haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 309-318]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:126003. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 5464
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