Genus Proteocatella

Name: Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.te.o.ca.tel’la. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. pref. proteo-, prefix referring to protein used in compound words (in compound words); L. fem. dim. n. catella, small chain; N.L. fem. dim. n. Proteocatella, a small chain using proteins

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Proteocatell-), pro-te-o-ka-TEL-la

Type species: Proteocatella sphenisci Pikuta et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Lupa B, Tang J, Krader P. Proteocatella sphenisci gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, spore-forming anaerobe isolated from penguin guano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2302-2307. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Frigovirgula" Pikuta and Hoover 2003	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Filifactoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Frigovirgula" Pikuta and Hoover 2003. Publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB. Psychrophiles and astrobiology: microbial life of frozen worlds. In: Hoover RB, Rozanov AY, Lipps JH (eds), Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VI. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4939, SPIE, Bellingham (Washington), 2003, p. 103-116.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CIP: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Proteocatella sphenisci Pikuta et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513. 🇺🇸

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