Species Buttiauxella agrestis

Name: Buttiauxella agrestis Ferragut et al. 1982

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.gres’tis. L. fem. adj. agrestis, pertaining to land, fields, intended to mean living in the fields, so named because all original strains were isolated from unpolluted soils and water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: but-ti-a͡u-XEL-la a-GRES-tis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33320; CDC 1176-81; CIP 80.31; CUETM 77-167; DSM 4586; Gavini F-44; JCM 1090; LMG 7861; NCTC 12119

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233400 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ferragut C, Izard D, Gavini F, Lefebvre B, Leclerc H. Buttiauxella, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:33-44.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Müller et al. 1996 Muller HE, Brenner DJ, Fanning GR, Grimont PA, Kampfer P. Emended description of Buttiauxella agrestis with recognition of six new species of Buttiauxella and two new species of Kluyvera: Buttiauxella ferragutiae sp. nov., Buttiauxella gaviniae sp. nov., Buttiauxella brennerae sp. nov., Buttiauxella izardii sp. nov., Buttiauxella noackiae sp. nov., Buttiauxella warmboldiae sp. nov., Kluyvera cochleae sp. nov., and Kluyvera georgiana sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:50-63. 🇺🇸 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Buttiauxella Ferragut et al. 1982. Publication: Ferragut C, Izard D, Gavini F, Lefebvre B, Leclerc H. Buttiauxella, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:33-44.
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 Buttiauxella agrestis Ferragut et al. 1982 was previously known as Citrobacter group F. Publication: Werkman CH, Gillen GF. Bacteria Producing Trimethylene Glycol. J Bacteriol 1932; 23:167-182.
  • 🧍 In Validation List N° 8, the type strain CIP 80.31 is erroneously cited as CIP 80-31. — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-01-30. — 🧍 In Validation List no. 8, the type strain CIP 80.31 is erroneously cited as CIP 80-31. — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-01-30.

Parent taxon: Buttiauxella Ferragut et al. 1982

Assigned by: Ferragut C, Izard D, Gavini F, Lefebvre B, Leclerc H. Buttiauxella, a new genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:33-44.

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Record number: 774314