Name: "Butyribacterium methylotrophicum" Zeikus et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: meth.yl.o.tro’phi.cum. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl radical; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, one who feeds; N.L. neut. adj. methylotrophicum, feeding on methyl radical, methyl radical-consuming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Marburg strain

Original publication: Zeikus JG, Lynd LH, Thompson TE, Krzycki JA, Weimer PJ, Hegge PW. Isolation and Characterization of a New, Methylotrophic, Acidogenic Anaerobe, the Marburg Strain. Current Microbiology 1980; 3:381-386.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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".

Parent taxon: "Butyribacterium" Barker and Haas 1944

Assigned by: Zeikus JG, Lynd LH, Thompson TE, Krzycki JA, Weimer PJ, Hegge PW. Isolation and Characterization of a New, Methylotrophic, Acidogenic Anaerobe, the Marburg Strain. Current Microbiology 1980; 3:381-386.

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Record number: 19194