Halanaerobacter chitinovorans

Halanaerobacter chitinovorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Halanaerobiales
Family: Halobacteroidaceae
Genus: Halanaerobacter
Species:
H. chitinovorans
Binomial name
Halanaerobacter 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

  1. โ†‘ 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): 260โ€“266. doi:10.1128/aem.58.1.260-266.1992. PMC 195201. PMID 16348626.

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