Name: Anaerostipes butyraticus Eeckhaut et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty.ra’ti.cus. N.L. masc. n. butyras (gen. butyratis), butyrate; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to, related to; N.L. masc. adj. butyraticus, related to butyrate, i.e. producing butyrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 35-7; DSM 22094; LMG 24724

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB616134 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eeckhaut V, Van Immerseel F, Pasmans F, De Brandt E, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Vandamme P. Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1108-1112.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Anaerostipes Schwiertz et al. 2002

Assigned by: Eeckhaut V, Van Immerseel F, Pasmans F, De Brandt E, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Vandamme P. Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1108-1112.

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Record number: 788539