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Species Pontibacter chitinilyticus
Name: Pontibacter chitinilyticus Chhetri et al. 2019
Etymology: chi.ti.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. chitinilyticus, chitin-dissolving
Pronunciation, gender: … khi-ti-ni-LY-ti-kus, masculine
Type strain: 17gy-14; KCTC 52914; NBRC 113056
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KY924850
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Chhetri G, Kim J, Kim I, Kim MK, Seo T. Pontibacter chitinilyticus sp. nov., a novel chitin-hydrolysing bacterium isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1011-1018. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Chhetri G, Kim J, Kim I, Kim MK, Seo T. Pontibacter chitinilyticus sp. nov., a novel chitin-hydrolysing bacterium isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1011-1018. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 5301
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