Genus Butyricimonas

Name: Butyricimonas Sakamoto et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bu.ty.ri.ci’mo.nas. N.L. neut. n. acidum butyricum, butyric acid; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Butyricimonas, a butyric acid-producing monad

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Butyricimonad-), bu-ty-ri-KI-mo-nas

Type species: Butyricimonas synergistica Sakamoto et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Takagaki A, Matsumoto K, Kato Y, Goto K, Benno Y. Butyricimonas synergistica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Butyricimonas virosa sp. nov., butyric acid-producing bacteria in the family 'Porphyromonadaceae' isolated from rat faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1748-1753. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Sakamoto et al. 2014 Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M. Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2992-2997. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Le Roy et al. 2019 Le Roy T, Van der Smissen P, Paquot A, Delzenne N, Muccioli GG, Collet JF, Cani PD. Butyricimonas faecalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:833-838. 🇧🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ormerod et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Marinifilaceae Iino et al. 2014. Publication: Ormerod KL, Wood DL, Lachner N, Gellatly SL, Daly JN, Parsons JD, Dal'Molin CG, Palfreyman RW, Nielsen LK, Cooper MA, et al. Genomic characterization of the uncultured Bacteroidales family S24-7 inhabiting the guts of homeothermic animals. Microbiome 2016; 4:36. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Porphyromonadaceae Krieg 2012. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sakamoto et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; CCUG: 4; DSM: 4; CGMCC: 3; CSUR: 2; KCTC: 2; H: 1; LMG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Butyricimonas faecalis Le Roy et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Butyricimonas faecavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Butyricimonas faecihominis Sakamoto et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Butyricimonas hominis" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Butyricimonas muris Xu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Butyricimonas paravirosa Sakamoto et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Butyricimonas phoceensis" Togo et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Butyricimonas recta Huang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Butyricimonas synergistica Sakamoto et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Butyricimonas vaginalis" Bordigoni et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Butyricimonas virosa Sakamoto et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Odoribacteraceae Munoz et al. 2016

Assigned by: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296. 🇪🇸

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