Name: Telluria chitinolytica Bowman et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.no.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin, a polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. chitinolytica, dissolving chitin

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-ti-no-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 20M; ACM 3522; CIP 104069; CNCM I-804; DSM 9559

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X65590 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Hayward AC, Spiegel Y, Stackebrandt E. Telluria mixta (Pseudomonas mixta Bowman, Sly, and Hayward 1988) gen. nov., comb. nov., and Telluria chitinolytica sp. nov., soil-dwelling organisms which actively degrade polysaccharides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:120-124.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoduganella chitinolytica (Bowman et al. 1993) Bowman 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02120 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-804 is probably a patent deposit. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Telluria Bowman et al. 1993

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Sly LI, Hayward AC, Spiegel Y, Stackebrandt E. Telluria mixta (Pseudomonas mixta Bowman, Sly, and Hayward 1988) gen. nov., comb. nov., and Telluria chitinolytica sp. nov., soil-dwelling organisms which actively degrade polysaccharides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:120-124.

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