Name: Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus (Attwood et al. 1996) Moon et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium proteoclasticum Attwood et al. 1996

Etymology: pro.te.o.clas.ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. adj. clasticus -a -um, breaking; from Gr. adj. klastos -ê -on, broken in pieces; N.L. masc. adj. proteoclasticus, protein breaking

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51982; B 316; DSM 14932

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U37378 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moon CD, Pacheco DM, Kelly WJ, Leahy SC, Li D, Kopecny J, Attwood GT. Reclassification of Clostridium proteoclasticum as Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus comb. nov., a butyrate-producing ruminal bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2041-2045.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium proteoclasticum Attwood et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03484 (N = 73).
  • 😷 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 50 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Moon CD, Pacheco DM, Kelly WJ, Leahy SC, Li D, Kopecny J, Attwood GT. Reclassification of Clostridium proteoclasticum as Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus comb. nov., a butyrate-producing ruminal bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2041-2045.

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Record number: 787515