Butyricicoccus

Butyricicoccus is a bacterial genus from the family of Clostridiaceae.[1][2][3]

Butyricicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008[1]
Type species
Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum[1]
Species
B. desmolans[1] B. faecihominis[1] B. pullicaecorum[1]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Butyricicoccus". LPSN.
2. "Butyricicoccus". Www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (2009). "Nomenclature Abstract for Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.13066.

Further reading

• Eeckhaut, V.; Van Immerseel, F.; Teirlynck, E.; Pasmans, F.; Fievez, V.; Snauwaert, C.; Haesebrouck, F.; Ducatelle, R.; Louis, P.; Vandamme, P. (1 December 2008). "Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (12): 2799–2802. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65730-0. PMID 19060061.
• Eeckhaut, Venessa; Wang, Jun; Van Parys, Alexander; Haesebrouck, Freddy; Joossens, Marie; Falony, Gwen; Raes, Jeroen; Ducatelle, Richard; Van Immerseel, Filip (21 September 2016). "The Probiotic Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum Reduces Feed Conversion and Protects from Potentially Harmful Intestinal Microorganisms and Necrotic Enteritis in Broilers". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 1416. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01416. PMC 5030265. PMID 27708624.
• Takada, T; Watanabe, K; Makino, H; Kushiro, A (October 2016). "Reclassification of Eubacterium desmolans as Butyricicoccus desmolans comb. nov., and description of Butyricicoccus faecihominis sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (10): 4125–4131. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001323. PMID 27453394.