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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Butyricicoccus porcorum

Name: Butyricicoccus porcorum Trachsel et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.co’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. porcorum, of/from pigs

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-102; BB10; DSM 104997

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF469066 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Trachsel J, Humphrey S, Allen HK. Butyricicoccus porcorum sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from swine intestinal tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1737-1742. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008

Assigned by: Trachsel J, Humphrey S, Allen HK. Butyricicoccus porcorum sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from swine intestinal tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1737-1742. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 796405
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