Name: Fundidesulfovibrio butyratiphilus (Suzuki et al. 2010) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio butyratiphilus Suzuki et al. 2010

Etymology: bu.ty.ra.ti’phi.lus. N.L. masc. n. butyras (gen. butyratis), butyrate; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friendly to, loving; N.L. masc. adj. butyratiphilus, butyrate loving

Pronunciation, gender: bu-ty-ra-TI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: BSY; DSM 21556; JCM 15519

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB303305 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Fundidesulfovibrio. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-6.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio butyratiphilus Suzuki et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Fundidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Fundidesulfovibrio. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-6.

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Record number: 24802