Name: Salinarchaeum chitinilyticum Minegishi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. adj. chitinilyticum, chitin-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^hi-ti-ni-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: JCM 19597; KCTC 4262; MC-74

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB850662 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Minegishi H, Enomoto S, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kondo Y, Inoma A, Kamekura M, Takai K, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, et al. Salinarchaeum chitinilyticum sp. nov., a chitin-degrading haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2274-2278. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20790 (N = 1).
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Salinarchaeum Cui et al. 2014

Assigned by: Minegishi H, Enomoto S, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kondo Y, Inoma A, Kamekura M, Takai K, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, et al. Salinarchaeum chitinilyticum sp. nov., a chitin-degrading haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2274-2278. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 795478