lucifera butyrica lucifera butyrica lucifera is a genus of bacteria in the sporomusaceae family. sanchez-andrea et al. in 2018 described a novel species of a novel genus for which they proposed the name lucifera butyrica. lucifera butyrica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: negativicutes order: selenomonadales family: sporomusaceae genus: luciferasánchez-andrea et al., 2019 species: l. butyrica binomial name lucifera butyricasánchez-andrea et al., 2019 etymology the name lucifera, latin for "light-bringing", refers to the bacterium's shape which is like a match, and the old term "lucifer" for a match.