Name: Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
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
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Proteus alimentorum Dai et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | 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 | synonym |
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 | |
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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Record number: 516404