Name: "Butyribacterium limosum" (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Cato 1965

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacteroides limosus" Eggerth 1935

Etymology: li.mo’sum. L. neut. adj. limosum, muddy or slimy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 8486; CCUG 16793; CIP 104169; DSM 20543; JCM 6421; JCM 9978

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59120 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Moore WEC, Cato EP. Synonymy of Eubacterium limosum and Butyribacterium rettgeri: Butyribacterium limosum comb. nov. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:69-80.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium limosum (Eggerth 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacteroides limosus" Eggerth 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".

Parent taxon: "Butyribacterium" Barker and Haas 1944

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Cato EP. Synonymy of Eubacterium limosum and Butyribacterium rettgeri: Butyribacterium limosum comb. nov. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:69-80.

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Record number: 24065