Name: Proteus faecis Dai et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’cis. L. gen. fem. n. faecis, of dregs, referring to faecal origin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 106180; GDMCC 1.1245; TJ1636

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16S rRNA gene: MG269469 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dai H, Chen A, Wang Y, Lu B, Wang Y, Chen J, Huang Y, Li Z, Fang Y, Xiao T, et al. Proteus faecis sp. nov., and Proteus cibi sp. nov., two new species isolated from food and clinical samples in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:852-858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dai H, Chen A, Wang Y, Lu B, Wang Y, Chen J, Huang Y, Li Z, Fang Y, Xiao T, et al. Proteus faecis sp. nov., and Proteus cibi sp. nov., two new species isolated from food and clinical samples in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:852-858.

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Record number: 800143