Chitinimonas

Chitinimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Burkholderiaceae
Genus:
Chitinimonas

Chang et al. 2004[1]
Type species
Chitinimonas taiwanensis[1]
Species

Chitinimonas koreensis
Chitinimonas prasina
Chitinimonas taiwanensis
Chitinimonas viridis
"Chitinimonas lacunae"
"Chitinimonas naiadis"

Chitinimonas is a genus of Gram-negative, chitinolytic, rod-shaped bacteria which have flagella from the family of Burkholderiaceae which belongs to the class Betaproteobacteria.[2][3] All species of Chitinimonas have been found in regions of Asia. Species of this genus are found to be both aerobic and anaerobic. Chitinimonas is optimally grown and cultured at 25 °C to 37 °C, with very little concentrations of NaCl.

  1. ^ a b "LSPN www.bacterio.net". Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  2. ^ Kim, B.-Y. (1 August 2006). "Chitinimonas koreensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (8): 1761–1764. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64163-0. PMID 16902004.
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