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

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-ka, 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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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 15 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 774260