Name: Lucifera butyrica Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty’ri.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum butyricum, butyric acid; N.L. fem. adj. butyrica, pertaining to butyric acid

Pronunciation, gender: bu-TY-ri-ka, feminine

Type strain: ALE; DSM 27520; JCM 19373

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG317002 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sanchez-Andrea I, Florentino AP, Semerel J, Strepis N, Sousa DZ, Stams AJM. Co-culture of a Novel Fermentative Bacterium, Lucifera butyrica gen. nov. sp. nov., With the Sulfur Reducer Desulfurella amilsii for Enhanced Sulfidogenesis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3108.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lucifera Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2019. Publication: Sanchez-Andrea I, Florentino AP, Semerel J, Strepis N, Sousa DZ, Stams AJM. Co-culture of a Novel Fermentative Bacterium, Lucifera butyrica gen. nov. sp. nov., With the Sulfur Reducer Desulfurella amilsii for Enhanced Sulfidogenesis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3108.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lucifera Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2019

Assigned by: Sanchez-Andrea I, Florentino AP, Semerel J, Strepis N, Sousa DZ, Stams AJM. Co-culture of a Novel Fermentative Bacterium, Lucifera butyrica gen. nov. sp. nov., With the Sulfur Reducer Desulfurella amilsii for Enhanced Sulfidogenesis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3108.

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Record number: 800288