Name: Chitinibacter alvei Yang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ve.i. L. gen. masc. n. alvei, of/from the bed of a river, referring to the location from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17968; DSM 22217; LMG 25206; TNR-14

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ593907 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang CS, Sheu SY, Young CC, Arun AB, Cheng CY, Chen WM. Chitinibacter alvei sp. nov., isolated from stream water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1760-1764.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chitinibacter Chern et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yang CS, Sheu SY, Young CC, Arun AB, Cheng CY, Chen WM. Chitinibacter alvei sp. nov., isolated from stream water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1760-1764.

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Record number: 788682