Name: Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.bri.sol.vens. L. fem. n. fibra, a fibre, filament; L. pres. part. solvens, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. fibrisolvens, fiber-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19171; DSM 3071

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16S rRNA gene: U41172 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bryant MP, Small N. The anaerobic monotrichous butyric acid-producing curved rod-shaped bacteria of the rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:16-21.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Butyrivibrio Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bryant MP, Small N. The anaerobic monotrichous butyric acid-producing curved rod-shaped bacteria of the rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:16-21.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 382 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Bryant MP, Small N. The anaerobic monotrichous butyric acid-producing curved rod-shaped bacteria of the rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:16-21.

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Record number: 774324