Genus Anaerobutyricum

Name: Anaerobutyricum Shetty et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.a.e.ro.bu.ty’ri.cum. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. neut. adj. butyricum, butyrate producing; N.L. neut. n. Anaerobutyricum, anaerobic butyrate producing

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Anaerobutyric-), an-a-e-ro-bu-TY-ri-kum

Type species: Anaerobutyricum hallii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Shetty et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shetty SA, Zuffa S, Bui TPN, Aalvink S, Smidt H, De Vos WM. Reclassification of Eubacterium hallii as Anaerobutyricum hallii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Anaerobutyricum soehngenii sp. nov., a butyrate and propionate-producing bacterium from infant faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3741-3746. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277.
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The phrase "validly described" is misleading. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 6

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Candidatus Anaerobutyricum avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Anaerobutyricum faecale" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
Anaerobutyricum hallii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Shetty et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Anaerobutyricum soehngenii Shetty et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Anaerobutyricum stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Candidatus Anaerobutyricum stercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Shetty SA, Zuffa S, Bui TPN, Aalvink S, Smidt H, De Vos WM. Reclassification of Eubacterium hallii as Anaerobutyricum hallii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Anaerobutyricum soehngenii sp. nov., a butyrate and propionate-producing bacterium from infant faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3741-3746. 🇳🇱

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