Genus: Proteus

Name: Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, an ocean god able to change himself into different shapes

Gender: masculine (stem: Prote-)

Type species: Proteus vulgaris Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hauser G. Über Fäulnissbakterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicämie. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Spaltpilze. Vogel, Leipzig, 1885.

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: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cosenzaea Giammanco et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hyun et al. 2016 Hyun DW, Jung MJ, Kim MS, Shin NR, Kim PS, Whon TW, Bae JW. Proteus cibarius sp. nov., a swarming bacterium from Jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood, and emended description of the genus Proteus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2158-2164. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Proteeae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Bactereae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe "Proteae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Proteeae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Castellani and Chalmers (1919) assigned this genus to the tribe Proteeae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pioteus"; "Proeus"; "Proleus"; "Protaus"; "Protcus"; "Proteiis"; "Proteue"; "Proteuis"; "Protous"; "Prouteus"; "Pruteus"; "Pvoteus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dai et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; ATCC: 10; CCUG: 10; CIP: 9; NCTC: 7; JCM: 7; NBIMCC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NBRC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "genomosp. 1: 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 According to Shipunov (2011), this name is a hemihomonym. Publication: Shipunov A. The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 2011; 4:65-72.
  • 🧍 Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Proteus Laurenti, 1768. Principle 2 of the 2008 Code is not retroactive, so the name does not contravene the Code because of this homonymy. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • 🧍 See also Rauss (1962). Publication: Rauss K. A proposal for the nomenclature and classification of the Proteus and Providencia groups. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1962; 12:53-64.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 26. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 26. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1963; 13:35-36.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Proteus alimentorum Dai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Proteus appendicitidis" He et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Proteus cibarius Hyun et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Proteus cibi Dai et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus columbae Dai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus faecis Dai et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus hauseri O'Hara et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Proteus mirabilis Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus morganii (Winslow et al. 1919) Yale 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Proteus myxofaciens Cosenza and Podgwaite 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus penneri Hickman et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus rettgeri (Hadley et al. 1918) Rustigian and Stuart 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Proteus stuartii" Buttiaux et al. 1954	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    Proteus terrae Behrendt et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Proteus vulgaris Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Morganellaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.

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