homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
❗ Proteusinconstans 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 Proteus.
😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Proteus inconstans (Orstein [sic] 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955. — 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names incorrectly cited as Proteus inconstans (Orstein [sic] 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955; name not in current usage; regarded as synonym of Providencia alcalifaciens, P. rustigianii or P. stuartii.Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
🧍 The name Proteus inconstans is not in current usage. According to Brenner et al. [1] and to Hickman-Brenner et al. [2], (i) the strains gas -, inositol + of Proteus inconstans should be regarded as synonym of Providencia stuartii (Buttiaux et al. 1954) Ewing 1962; (ii) the strains gas +, inositol -, adonitol + should be regarded as synonym of Providencia alcalifaciens (de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962; and (iii) the strains glucose +, inositol -, adonitol - should be regarded as synonym of Providencia rustigianii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1983.Publication:
Hickman-Brenner FW, Farmer JJ, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Providencia rustigianii: a new species in the family Enterobacteriaceae formerly known as Providencia alcalifaciens biogroup 3. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 17:1057-1060.