Name: Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Tóth et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.clas.ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. masc. adj. klastos, broken in pieces; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -clasticus, breaking; N.L. fem. adj. chitiniclastica, chitin-cleaving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7401; DSM 18708; S5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM397063 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Toth EM, Schumann P, Borsodi AK, Keki Z, Kovacs AL, Marialigeti K. Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gammaproteobacterium isolated from Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:976-981.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Wohlfahrtiimonas Tóth et al. 2008. Publication: Toth EM, Schumann P, Borsodi AK, Keki Z, Kovacs AL, Marialigeti K. Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gammaproteobacterium isolated from Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:976-981.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 42 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Wohlfahrtiimonas Tóth et al. 2008

Assigned by: Toth EM, Schumann P, Borsodi AK, Keki Z, Kovacs AL, Marialigeti K. Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gammaproteobacterium isolated from Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:976-981.

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Record number: 787293