Chitinivorax

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Chitinivorax Chen et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. n. chitinum, chitin; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Chitinivorax, chitin-devouring.
Reference: CHEN (W.M.), YANG (S.H.), HUANG (W.C.), CHENG (C.Y.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1086-1091.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chitinivorax tropicus Chen et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KL-9 = BCRC 80168 = LMG 25530.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GU362099.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, relating to the isolation of the type strain from a subtropical lake.
Reference: CHEN (W.M.), YANG (S.H.), HUANG (W.C.), CHENG (C.Y.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Chitinivorax tropicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1086-1091.
Original article in IJSEM Online