| Chitinimonas taiwanensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Burkholderiaceae |
| Genus: | Chitinimonas |
| Species: | C. taiwanensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Chitinimonas taiwanensis Chang et al. 2004 |
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| Type strain | |
| BCRC 17210, CCRC 17210, DSM 18899, LMG 22011 | |
Chitinimonas taiwanensis is a Gram-negative, chitinolytic, catalase- and oxidase-positive motile bacterium with a single flagellum of the genus Chitinimonas and the family of Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from the surface of a freshwater pond for shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Pingtung City in southern Taiwan.