@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003762, author = "Sheng, Mengyao and Xu, Jianyi and Yang, Zhou and Zhu, Jianchun and Qian, Meng and He, Qin and He, Jian", title = "Chitiniphilus eburneus sp. nov., a novel chitinolytic bacterium isolated from sludge", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2020", volume = "70", number = "1", pages = "352-357", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003762", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003762", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Gram-stain-negative", keywords = "16S rRNA gene sequence", keywords = "polyphasic taxonomy", keywords = "Chitiniphilus eburneus sp. nov.", abstract = "A novel Gram-stain-negative, curved rod-shaped, motile and non-endospore-forming strain, designated HX-2-15T, was isolated from activated sludge of agricultural chemical plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, PR China (32° 03′ N, 118° 46′ E) . Growth was observed at 15–37 °C (optimum between 25 and 30 °C), at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum at pH 7.0) and with 0–3.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum at 0.5 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strain showed closest affiliation to Chitiniphilus shinanonensis SAY3T, with a sequence similarity of 99.0 %. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C16:0, C17:0 cyclo and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c). The major quinone was ubiquinone Q-8 . The polar lipid profile was composed of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, three unidentified phospholipids, one unidentified lipid and one unidentified aminophosphoglycolipid . The genomic DNA G+C content of the strain was 63.6 mol%. The ANI and dDDH values obtained between the genomes of HX-2-15T and C. shinanonensis SAY3T were 85.3 and 29.3 % respectively. On the basis of data from phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analysis, strain HX-2-15T represents a novel species of the genus Chitiniphilus , for which the name Chitiniphilus eburneus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HX-2-15T (=KCTC 72286T=CCTCC AB 2019178T).", }