Name: Butyrivibrio hungatei Kopecný et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hun.ga’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hungatei, named after Robert E. Hungate, an American microbiologist, who isolated similar strains in the 1960s

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-456; DSM 14810; JK 615

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ428553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kopecny J, Zorec M, Mrazek J, Kobayashi Y, Marinsek-Logar R. Butyrivibrio hungatei sp. nov. and Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans sp. nov., butyrate-producing bacteria from the rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:201-209.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kopecny J, Zorec M, Mrazek J, Kobayashi Y, Marinsek-Logar R. Butyrivibrio hungatei sp. nov. and Pseudobutyrivibrio xylanivorans sp. nov., butyrate-producing bacteria from the rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:201-209.

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Record number: 774325