Name: Brotomerdimonas butyrica Hitch et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty’ri.ca. Gr. neut. n. boutyron; L. neut. n. butyrum, butter; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. butyrica, related to butter, butyric

Pronunciation, gender: bu-TY-ri-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 102176; LMG 29485; Sanger_12

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brotomerdimonas Hitch et al. 2025. Publication: Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-02-04.

Parent taxon: Brotomerdimonas Hitch et al. 2025

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Oren A, Overmann J, Lawley TD, Clavel T. Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria. ISME Commun 2021; 1:16.

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Record number: 57290