Name: Orenia chitinitropha Sorokin and Kolganova 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.tro.pha. Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder; N.L. fem. adj. chitinitropha

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26639; DSM 26670; HCh-An1; UNIQEM U928

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16S rRNA gene: KF680167 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV. Bacterial chitin utilization at halophilic conditions. Extremophiles 2014; 18:243-248.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV. Bacterial chitin utilization at halophilic conditions. Extremophiles 2014; 18:243-248.

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Record number: 792083