@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-31-3-285, author = "Sangkhobol, Vullapa and Skerman, V. B. D.", title = "Chitinophaga, a New Genus of Chitinolytic Myxobacteria", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1981", volume = "31", number = "3", pages = "285-293", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-3-285", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-31-3-285", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract Five strains of a long, filamentous, gliding microorganism which produces myxospores by transformation of filaments to spherical bodies without the production of a fruiting body were isolated from widely separated sources. These organisms are strongly chitinolytic but are not cellulolytic. We propose a new genus, Chitinophaga, containing a single species, Chitinophaga pinensis sp. nov., for these strains. The type strain is UQM 2034.", }