Name: Butyricimonas paravirosa Sakamoto et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.vi.ro.sa. Gr. prep. para, resembling; L. fem. adj. virosa, fetid, stinking; N.L. fem. adj. paravirosa, resembling Butyricimonas virosa

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 214-4; CCUG 65563; JCM 18677

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB916502 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M. Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2992-2997.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Le Roy et al. 2019 Le Roy T, Van der Smissen P, Paquot A, Delzenne N, Muccioli GG, Collet JF, Cani PD. Butyricimonas faecalis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:833-838. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Butyricimonas Sakamoto et al. 2009

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Tanaka Y, Benno Y, Ohkuma M. Butyricimonas faecihominis sp. nov. and Butyricimonas paravirosa sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and emended description of the genus Butyricimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2992-2997.

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Record number: 792126