hymenobacter chitinivorans hymenobacter chitinivorans hymenobacter chitinivorans is a bacterium from the genus of hymenobacter which has been isolated from soil from crete in greece. hymenobacter chitinivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: hymenobacter species: h. chitinivorans binomial name hymenobacter chitinivoransbuczolits et al. 2006 type strain cip 109677, dsm 11115, lmg 21872, lmg 21951, m6)t, myxt299t, tx c1 (myxt299t, txc1 synonyms taxeobacter chitinovorans