Name: Proteocatella sphenisci Pikuta et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphe.nis’ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. sphenisci, of Spheniscus, zoological name of a genus of penguin, referring to the isolation of the type strain from guano of Spheniscus magellanicus, the Magellanic penguin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-755; CIP 108034; DSM 23131; JCM 12175; PPP2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF450134 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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009. 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.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 788083