Name: "Butyribacterium" Barker and Haas 1944

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bu.ty.ri.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Butyribacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Butyribacteri-), bu-ty-ri-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Butyribacterium rettgeri" Barker and Haas 1944

Original publication: Barker HA, Haas V. Butyribacterium, a New Genus of Gram-positive, Non-sporulating Anaerobic Bacteria of Intestinal Origin. J Bacteriol 1944; 47:301-305.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Delwiche (1957) assigned this genus to the family Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Delwiche EA. Family XI. Propionobacteriaceae Delwiche, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 569.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Busyribacterium"; "Butribacterium"; "Butyribactcrium"; "Buzyribacterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BUBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Butyribacterium limosum" (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Cato 1965	not validly published	synonym
    "Butyribacterium methylotrophicum" Zeikus et al. 1980	not validly published	preferred name
    "Butyribacterium rettgeri" Barker and Haas 1944	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Lactobacteriaceae" Orla-Jensen 1921

Assigned by: Barker HA, Haas V. Butyribacterium, a New Genus of Gram-positive, Non-sporulating Anaerobic Bacteria of Intestinal Origin. J Bacteriol 1944; 47:301-305.

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Record number: 8911