Name: Buttiauxella ferragutiae Müller et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ra.gu’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. ferragutiae, of Ferragut, in honor of Carmen Ferragut, a French microbiologist, for her contribution to the study of the genus Buttiauxella, previously called Enteric Group 63

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: but-ti-a͡u-XEL-la fer-ra-GU-ti-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51602; CDC 1180-81; CIP 106355; CUETM 78-31; DSM 9390; serial n° 054

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233402 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 4 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 ferragutiae Müller et al. 1996 was previously known as CDC Enteric Group 63. Publication: Palleroni NJ. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894, 237 AL (Nom. Cons., Opin. 5 of the Jud. Comm. 1952, 121). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 323-379. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Buttiauxella Ferragut et al. 1982

Assigned by: 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. 🇺🇸

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