CAS No. 107-92-6. A saturated short-chain fatty acid with a 4-carbon backbone. Butyric acid is commonly found in esterified form in animal fats and plant oils. (National Cancer Institute (NCI). NCIthesaurus.Butyric Acid (Code C68327). https://ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C68327)
The genus Alcaligenes belongs to the family Alcaligenaceae and consists of motile, Gram-negative, and rod-shaped or coccus-shaped bacteria. The bacteria of this genus are widely found in various environments, such as soil, water, plants, and hospital settings. Alcaligenes is a cosmopolitan bacterial genus that exhibits diverse properties which are beneficial to plants. (Pedrosa-Silva F, Venancio TM. Comparative Genomics Reveals Novel Species and Insights into the Biotechnological Potential, Virulence, and Resistance of Alcaligenes. Genes (Basel). 2023 Sep 10;14(9):1783. doi: 10.3390/genes14091783. PMID: 37761923; PMCID: PMC10530903.)
