Chitinispirillia

Abstract

Chi.ti.ni.spi.ril'li.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Chitinispirillales , a bacterial order; ‐ ia , suffix used to designate a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Chitinispirillia the class of the order Chitinispirillales . Fibrobacterota / Chitinispirillia The class Chitinispirillia is a member of the phylum Fibrobacterota . It includes a single moderately salt‐tolerant and alkaliphilic cultured isolate from soda lakes which is a fermentative anaerobe specialized on chitin as the only growth substrate.