chitinimonas taiwanensis chitinimonas taiwanensis 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. chitinimonas taiwanensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: chitinimonas species: c. taiwanensis binomial name chitinimonas taiwanensischang et al. 2004 type strain bcrc 17210, ccrc 17210, dsm 18899, lmg 22011