Name: Andreprevotia chitinilytica Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. chitinilytica, chitin-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18519; JS11-7; KACC 11608

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ836355 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Joa JH, Kwon SW, Kim WG. Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1572-1575.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Andreprevotia Weon et al. 2007. Publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Joa JH, Kwon SW, Kim WG. Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1572-1575.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Andreprevotia Weon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Joa JH, Kwon SW, Kim WG. Andreprevotia chitinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1572-1575.

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