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Species Bacillus butanolivorans

Name: Bacillus butanolivorans Kuisiene et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ta.no.li.vo’rans N.L. neut. n. butanolum, butanol; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, consuming; N.L. part. adj. butanolivorans, butanol-consuming

Gender: masculine

Type strains: DSM 18926; K9; LMG 23974

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16S rRNA gene: EF206294 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuisiene N, Raugalas J, Sproer C, Kroppenstedt RM, Chitavichius D. Bacillus butanolivorans sp. nov., a species with industrial application for the remediation of n-butanol. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:505-509.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Peribacillus butanolivorans (Kuisiene et al. 2008) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kuisiene N, Raugalas J, Sproer C, Kroppenstedt RM, Chitavichius D. Bacillus butanolivorans sp. nov., a species with industrial application for the remediation of n-butanol. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:505-509.

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