Name: Agathobaculum desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Ahn et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Eubacterium desmolans Morris et al. 1986

Etymology: des’mo.lans. Gr. masc. n. desmos, a bond; Chem. neut. n. desmolase, an enzyme splitting a carbon-carbon bond; N.L. neut. part. adj. desmolans, making desmolase

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43058; CCUG 27818; JCM 6566

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34618 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahn S, Jin TE, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim HJ, Lee SJ, Park DS, Kim BC. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov.  sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3656-3661.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium desmolans Morris et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Butyricicoccus desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Takada et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12046 (N = 48).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Agathobaculum Ahn et al. 2016

Assigned by: Ahn S, Jin TE, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim HJ, Lee SJ, Park DS, Kim BC. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov.  sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3656-3661.

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Record number: 794574