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Genus Butyrivibrio
Name: Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. butyricus, butyric; L. v. vibro, to vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Butyrivibrio, a butyric vibrio
Gender: masculine (stem: Butyrivibrion-)
Type species: Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Bryant MP, Small N. The anaerobic monotrichous butyric acid-producing curved rod-shaped bacteria of the rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:16-21. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Batyrivibrio"; "Biityrivibrio"; "Bufyrivibrio"; "Bulyrivibrio"; "Butryivibrio"; "Butryvibrio"; "Butyivibrio"; "Butyrioibrio"; "Butyriuibrio"; "Butyrivbrio"; "Butyrivibo".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06984 (N = 12).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 4.
- 😷 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.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BUVB" 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Butyrivibrio crossotus Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP synonym Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name Butyrivibrio hungatei Kopecný et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP correct name Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus (Attwood et al. 1996) Moon et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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Record number: 515284
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