Halanaerobacter chitinovorans
| Halanaerobacter chitinovorans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Halanaerobiales |
| Family: | Halobacteroidaceae |
| Genus: | Halanaerobacter |
| Species: | H. chitinovorans corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996 |
Halanaerobacter chitinovorans is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is a halophilic, anaerobic, chitinolytic bacterium. Its cells are long, gram-negative, motile, flexible rods.[1]
References
- ↑ H. J. Liaw & R. A. Mah (January 1992). "Isolation and Characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Halophilic, Anaerobic, Chitinolytic Bacterium from a Solar Saltern". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58 (1): 260–266. PMID 16348626.
Further reading
- Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey’s manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3. Springer, 2012.
- Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 4: Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria. Vol. 4. Springer, 2006.
- Oren, Aharon. Halophilic microorganisms and their environments. Vol. 5. Springer, 2002.
- Patel, B (1995). "Reevaluating the classification of Halobacteroides and Haloanaerobacter species based on sequence comparisons of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 134 (1): 115–119. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(95)00395-L. ISSN 0378-1097.
External links
- J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Halanaerobacter chitinovorans at the Encyclopedia of Life
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