Chitinilyticum

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Chitinilyticum

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Chitinilyticum Chang et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitinilyticum aquatile Chang et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. n. Chitinilyticum, chitin-dissolver.
Reference: CHANG (S.C.), CHEN (W.M.), WANG (J.T.) and WU (M.C.): Chitinilyticum aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater pond used for Pacific white shrimp culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2854-2860.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Chitinilyticum Chang et al. 2007 emend. Chang et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Chitinilyticum aquatile Chang et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. n. Chitinilyticum, chitin-dissolver.
Reference: CHANG (S.C.), WU (M.C.), CHEN (W.M.), TSAI (Y.H.) and LEE (T.M.): Chitinilyticum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater shrimp pond, and emended description of the genus Chitinilyticum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2651-2655.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinilyticum aquatile Chang et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain c14 = BCRC 17533 = LMG 23346.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ314581.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. aquatile, living in water.
Reference: CHANG (S.C.), CHEN (W.M.), WANG (J.T.) and WU (M.C.): Chitinilyticum aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater pond used for Pacific white shrimp culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2854-2860.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinilyticum litopenaei Chang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain c1 = BCRC 17609 = DSM 21440.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU682455.
Etymology: N.L. n. Litopenaeus, the scientific name of a genus of shrimp; N.L. gen. n. litopenaei, of Litopenaeus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a culture pond for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.
Reference: CHANG (S.C.), WU (M.C.), CHEN (W.M.), TSAI (Y.H.) and LEE (T.M.): Chitinilyticum litopenaei sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater shrimp pond, and emended description of the genus Chitinilyticum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2651-2655.
Original article in IJSEM Online