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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium proteolyticum Jain and Zeikus 1988

Etymology: pro.te.o.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. proteolytica, protein dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49002; CG; DSM 3090

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium proteolyticum Jain and Zeikus 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07360 (N = 28).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hathewaya Lawson and Rainey 2016

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016.

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Record number: 793807