| chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in taiwan. | five strains with strong chitinolytic activity were isolated from a soil sample collected from southern taiwan. the strains shared more than 92% dna-dna similarity, indicating membership of the same genospecies. this close relationship was supported by high similarities in fatty acid composition and biochemical characteristics. a 16s rrna gene sequence analysis indicated that the isolates were members of the class 'betaproteobacteria', in which they formed an individual subline of descent that w ... | 2004 | 15280319 |