Name: Butyricicoccus desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Takada et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Eubacterium desmolans Morris et al. 1986

Etymology: des’mo.lans. Gr. masc. n. desmos, a bond; Chem. neut. n. desmolase, an enzyme splitting a carbon-carbon bond; N.L. masc. part. adj. desmolans, making desmolase

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43058; CCUG 27818; JCM 6566

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16S rRNA gene: L34618 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takada T, Watanabe K, Makino H, Kushiro A. Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4125-4131.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Agathobaculum desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Ahn et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium desmolans Morris et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Agathobaculum desmolans (Morris et al. 1986) Ahn et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Butyricicoccus desmolans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Butyricicoccus.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 This species was reclassified as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. by Ahn et al. (2016). See original article in IJSEM Online. Publication: Ahn S, Jin TE, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Kim HJ, Lee SJ, Park DS, Kim BC. Agathobaculum butyriciproducens gen. nov.  sp. nov., a strict anaerobic, butyrate-producing gut bacterium isolated from human faeces and reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Agathobaculum desmolans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3656-3661.

Parent taxon: Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008

Assigned by: Takada T, Watanabe K, Makino H, Kushiro A. Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4125-4131.

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Record number: 794665