Species Clostridium proteolyticum

Name: Clostridium proteolyticum Jain and Zeikus 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.te.o.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. proteolyticum, protein dissolving, proteolytic

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49002; CG; DSM 3090

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16S rRNA gene: X73448 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jain MK, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of two new protein specific, hydrolytic anaerobes: isolation and characterization of Clostridium proteolyticum sp. nov. and Clostridium collagenovorans sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:136141.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hathewaya proteolytica (Jain and Zeikus 1988) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Hathewaya proteolytica (Jain and Zeikus 1988) Lawson and Rainey 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium proteolyticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jain MK, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of two new protein specific, hydrolytic anaerobes: isolation and characterization of Clostridium proteolyticum sp. nov. and Clostridium collagenovorans sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:136141.

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Species Clostridium proteolyticum