Species ***Vibrio* *proteolyticus***

Name: Vibrio proteolyticus (Merkel et al. 1964) Baumann et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Aeromonas proteolytica" Merkel et al. 1964

Etymology: pro.te.o.ly’ti.cus. N.L. pref. proteo-, pertaining to protein (in compound words); from Gr. masc. adj. prôteîos, the first quality; from Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, first; French fem. n. protéine, coined by Gerhard Johan Mulder in 1838 from proteios], pertaining to protein; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. proteolyticus, protein-dissolving, proteolytic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o pro-te-o-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15338; CAIM 511; CCUG 20302; CIP 102892; DSM 30189; IFO 13287; JCM 21193; LMG 3772; NBRC 13287; NCIMB 1326; NCMB 1326

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680395 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Baumann P, Baumann L, Bang SS, Woolkalis MJ. Reevaluation of the taxonomy of Vibrio, Beneckea, and Photobacterium: abolition of the genus Beneckea. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:127-132. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Beneckea proteolytica" (Merkel et al. 1964) Baumann and Baumann 1976	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. proteolytica (Merkel et al. 1964) Schubert 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
"Aeromonas proteolytica" Merkel et al. 1964	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n2". — 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 76 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Type strain wrongly cited in List No. 8; "corrected" 33:673. Cited as new species. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
- 🧍 On the Validation List no. 8, Vibrio proteolyticus is erroneously proposed as a new species. — 🧍 On the Validation List no. 8, the type strain was incorrectly given as NCMB 1 = ATCC 33125. The erratum published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [1] is also incorrect: "The type strain of Vibrio proteolyticus was incorrectly given as ATCC 15338; the type strain is ATCC 33125" (sic). The correct type strain is given by Moore et al. [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Moore WEC, Cato EP, Moore LVH. Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1985). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:382-407. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baumann P, Baumann L, Bang SS, Woolkalis MJ. Reevaluation of the taxonomy of Vibrio, Beneckea, and Photobacterium: abolition of the genus Beneckea. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:127-132. 🇺🇸

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Species ***Vibrio* *proteolyticus***