Name: Thermobacteroides proteolyticus Ollivier et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.te.o.ly’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. prôteîos, the first quality (protos was used by Gerhard Johan Mulder in 1838 to coin the French n. protéine); from Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, first; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. proteolyticus, proteolytic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35245; BT; DSM 5265

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16S rRNA gene: X69335 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ollivier BM, Mah RA, Ferguson TJ, Boone DR, Garcia JL, Robinson R. Emendation of the genus Thermobacteroides: Thermobacteroides proteolyticus sp. nov., a proteolytic acetogen from a methanogenic enrichment. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:425-428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermobacteroides proteolyticus 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 Thermobacteroides.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ollivier et al. 1985, the type strain ATCC 35245 is erroneously cited as ATCC 35242. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Thermobacteroides Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983

Assigned by: Ollivier BM, Mah RA, Ferguson TJ, Boone DR, Garcia JL, Robinson R. Emendation of the genus Thermobacteroides: Thermobacteroides proteolyticus sp. nov., a proteolytic acetogen from a methanogenic enrichment. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:425-428.

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