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

Pronunciation, gender: pro-te-o-LY-ti-kus, 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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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