Chitinophaga

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 13
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011).
Type species: ¤ Chitinophaga pinensis Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. v. phagein, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Chitinophaga, chitin eater, chitin destroyer.
Reference: SANGKHOBOL (V.) and SKERMAN (V.B.D.): Chitinophaga, a new genus of chitinolytic myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 285-293.
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---> Chitinophaga Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2006.
Type species: ¤ Chitinophaga pinensis Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; Gr. v. phagein, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Chitinophaga, chitin eater, chitin destroyer.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga arvensicola (Oyaizu et al. 1983) Kämpfer et al. 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M64 = ATCC 51264 = CIP 104804 = DSM 3695 = IAM 12650 = JCM 2836 = NBRC 14973.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM237311.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga arvensicola Oyaizu et al. 1983.
Etymology: N.L. adj. arvensis (from. L. n. arvum, a field), belonging to, living in the fields; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. arvensicola, an inhabitant of fields.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Chitinophaga arvensicola (Oyaizu et al. 1983) Kämpfer et al. 2006 emend. Pankratov et al. 2006.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M64 = ATCC 51264 = CIP 104804 = DSM 3695 = IAM 12650 = JCM 2836 = NBRC 14973.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM237311.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga arvensicola Oyaizu et al. 1983.
Etymology: N.L. adj. arvensis (from. L. n. arvum, a field), belonging to, living in the fields; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. arvensicola, an inhabitant of fields.
Reference: PANKRATOV (T.A.), KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), LIESACK (W.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Isolation of aerobic, gliding, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacteria from acidic Sphagnum peatlands and emended description of Chitinophaga arvensicola Kämpfer et al. 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2761-2764.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Pankratov et al. 2006, Chitinophaga arvensicola (Oyaizu et al. 1983) Kämpfer et al. 2006 is erroneously cited as Chitinophaga arvensicola Kämpfer et al. 2006.

Chitinophaga eiseniae Yasir et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YC6729 = DSM 22224 = KACC 13774.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ750951.
Etymology: N.L. n. Eisenia, a genus of earthworm used for vermicomposting, which is the source of isolation of the type strain; N.L. gen. n. eiseniae, of Eisenia.
Reference: YASIR (M.), CHUNG (E.J.), SONG (G.C.), BIBI (F.), JEON (C.O.) and CHUNG (Y.R.): Chitinophaga eiseniae sp. nov., isolated from vermicompost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2373-2378.
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Chitinophaga filiformis (Reichenbach 1989) Kämpfer et al. 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Fx e1 Reichenbach = ATCC 29495 = CCUG 12809 = CIP 106401 = DSM 527 = HAMBI 1966 = JCM 21160 = NBRC 15056.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB078049.
Basonym: ¤ Flexibacter filiformis (ex Solntseva 1940) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Myxococcus filiformis" Solntseva 1940, "Flexibacter elegans" Soriano 1945, non Lewin 1969.
Etymology: L. n. filum, a thread; L. suff. -formis (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. fem. adj. filiformis, thread-shaped.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga ginsengisegetis Lee et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gsoil 040 = DSM 18108 = KCTC 12654.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB264798.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. n. seges segetis, a field; N.L. gen. n. ginsengisegetis, of a ginseng field, the source of the organism.
Reference: LEE (H.G.), AN (D.S.), IM (W.T.), LIU (Q.M.), NA (J.R.), CHO (D.H.), JIN (C.W.), LEE (S.T.) and YANG (D.C.): Chitinophaga ginsengisegetis sp. nov. and Chitinophaga ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1396-1401.
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Chitinophaga ginsengisoli Lee et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gsoil 052 = DSM 18107 = KCTC 12592.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB245374.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. n. solum, soil; N.L. gen. n. ginsengisoli, of soil of a ginseng field, the source of the organism.
Reference: LEE (H.G.), AN (D.S.), IM (W.T.), LIU (Q.M.), NA (J.R.), CHO (D.H.), JIN (C.W.), LEE (S.T.) and YANG (D.C.): Chitinophaga ginsengisegetis sp. nov. and Chitinophaga ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field in South Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1396-1401.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The DSM accession number for the type strain of Chitinophaga ginsengisoli sp. nov. is DSM 18107 and not DSM 18017 as given in the abstract and species description.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2672.
Erratum in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga japonensis (Fujita et al. 1997) Kämpfer et al. 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 758 = CIP 105790 = DSM 13484 = JCM 9735 = NBRC 16041.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB078055.
Basonym: ¤ Flexibacter japonensis Fujita et al. 1997.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. japonensis, pertaining to Japan, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga niabensis Weon et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JS13-10 = JCM 15440 = KACC 12952.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU714259.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. niabensis, pertaining to NIAB, the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Suwon, Republic of Korea), where taxonomic studies were conducted.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), YOO (S.H.), KIM (Y.J.), SON (J.A.), KIM (B.Y.), KWON (S.W.) and KOO (B.S.): Chitinophaga niabensis sp. nov. and Chitinophaga niastensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1267-1271.
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Chitinophaga niastensis Weon et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JS16-4 = JCM 15441 = KACC 12954.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU714260.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. niastensis, pertaining to NIAST, the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (Suwon, Republic of Korea), where taxonomic studies were conducted.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), YOO (S.H.), KIM (Y.J.), SON (J.A.), KIM (B.Y.), KWON (S.W.) and KOO (B.S.): Chitinophaga niabensis sp. nov. and Chitinophaga niastensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1267-1271.
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Chitinophaga pinensis Sangkhobol and Skerman 1981, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ACM 2034 = ATCC 43595 = DSM 2588 = IFO (now NBRC) 15968 = LMG 13176 = UQM 2034.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001699 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. n. pinus, a pine, pine-tree; N.L. fem. adj. pinensis, pertaining to pines.
Reference: SANGKHOBOL (V.) and SKERMAN (V.B.D.): Chitinophaga, a new genus of chitinolytic myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 285-293.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga rupis Lee et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CS5-B1 = DSM 21039 = KCTC 22170.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM865977.
Etymology: L. gen. n. rupis, of a cliff, the location where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: LEE (D.W.), LEE (J.E.) and LEE (S.D.): Chitinophaga rupis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2830-2833.
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Chitinophaga sancti (Lewin 1969) Kämpfer et al. 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23092 = DSM 784 = HAMBI 1988 = LMG 8377 = NBRC 15057 = VKM B-1428.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB078066.
Basonym: ¤ Flexibacter sancti Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. gen. n. sancti, of a saint; named perhaps in honor of Dr. Santos Soriano, from whose laboratory the type strain was supplied (etymology is not clear!).
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga skermanii Kämpfer et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CC-SG1B = CCUG 52510 = CIP 109140.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ062743.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. skermanii, of Skerman, in honour of V. B. D. Skerman, an Australian microbiologist, in recognition of his numerous contributions to the taxonomy of micro-organisms.
Reference: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), SRIDHAR (K.R.), ARUN (A.B.), LAI (W.A.), SHEN (F.T.) and REKHA (P.D.): Transfer of [Flexibacter] sancti, [Flexibacter] filiformis, [Flexibacter] japonensis and [Cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus Chitinophaga and description of Chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2223-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinophaga terrae Kim and Jung 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KP01 = KCTC 12836 = LMG 24015.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB278570.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the earth.
Reference: KIM (M.K.) and JUNG (H.Y.): Chitinophaga terrae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1721-1724.
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