Name: Proteus vulgaris Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ga’ris. L. masc. adj. vulgaris, usual, common

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29905; CCUG 35382; CCUG 39507; CDC PR1; CIP 104989; DSM 13387; LMG 16708; NCTC 13145; PR 1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ233425 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hauser G. Über Fäulnissbakterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicämie. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Spaltpilze. Vogel, Leipzig, 1885.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Judicial Commission 1999 . JUDICIAL OPINION 70: Replacement of strain NCTC 4175, since 1963 the neotype strain of Proteus vulgaris, with strain ATCC 29905 - Opinion 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1949. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hauser G. Über Fäulnissbakterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicämie. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Spaltpilze. Vogel, Leipzig, 1885.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "biogroup 1: 2 human pathogen; indole negative: 2 human pathogen; default: 2 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. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2153 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
  • 🧍 Replacement of type strain: Opinion 70; IJSB 49:1949. Publication: Brenner DJ, Hickman-Brenner FW, Holmes B, Hawkey PM, Penner JL, Grimont PA, O'Hara CM. Replacement of NCTC 4175, the current type strain of Proteus vulgaris, with ATCC 29905. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:870-871.

Parent taxon: Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hauser G. Über Fäulnissbakterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicämie. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Spaltpilze. Vogel, Leipzig, 1885.

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