Name: Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermobacteroides proteolyticus Ollivier et al. 1985

Etymology: pro.te.o.ly’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. prôteîos, the first quality (protos was used by Gerhard Johan Mulder in 1838 to coin the French n. protéine); from Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, first; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. proteolyticus, proteolytic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35245; BT; DSM 5265

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X69335 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of the type species of the genus Thermobacteroides to the genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:857-859.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermobacteroides proteolyticus Ollivier et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Coprothermobacter Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993. Publication: Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of the type species of the genus Thermobacteroides to the genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:857-859.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Coprothermobacter Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of the type species of the genus Thermobacteroides to the genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:857-859.

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Record number: 775121