Name: Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans Balk et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty.ra.ti.vo’rans. N.L. masc. n. butyras (gen. butyratis), butyrate; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. butyrativorans, butyrate-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18734; HB1; JCM 14470

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ146482 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Balk M, Altinbas M, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJ. Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:110-115.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfatirhabdium Balk et al. 2008. Publication: Balk M, Altinbas M, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJ. Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:110-115.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Desulfatirhabdium Balk et al. 2008

Assigned by: Balk M, Altinbas M, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJ. Desulfatirhabdium butyrativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an anaerobic bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:110-115.

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