Name: Budvicia aquatica Bouvet et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water, named to show the aquatic habitat of the organism, since all but one of the original strains were isolated from water

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 20186HG01; ATCC 35567; CIP 103240; CNCTC 20186; CNCTC 350; DSM 5075; Eb 13/82; LMG 8813; Strain 20186

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233407 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bouvet OMM, Grimont PAD, Richard C, Aldova E, Hausner O, Gabrhelova M. Budvicia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov.: a hydrogen sulfide-producing member of the Enterobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:60-64.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Budvicia aquatica Aldová et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Budvicia Bouvet et al. 1985. Publication: Bouvet OMM, Grimont PAD, Richard C, Aldova E, Hausner O, Gabrhelova M. Budvicia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov.: a hydrogen sulfide-producing member of the Enterobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:60-64.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Bouvet et al. 1985, the type strain ATCC 35567 is erroneously cited as ATCC 25567. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 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: Budvicia Bouvet et al. 1985

Assigned by: Bouvet OMM, Grimont PAD, Richard C, Aldova E, Hausner O, Gabrhelova M. Budvicia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov.: a hydrogen sulfide-producing member of the Enterobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:60-64.

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