Name DOI
10.1601/nm.3270
Name
 (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= = =)
Proper Form
Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Proteus inconstans was originally described by Shaw and Clarke 1955. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Lautrop established as an earlier homotypic synonym of (de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) pro synon. Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) in 1974.

Users are advised that there is a nomenclatural issue with the genus Providencia. According to the rule of priority, Proteus inconstans (an earlier homotypic synonym) has priority over Providencia alcalifaciens. However, if the rule of priority is followed, Providencia and its species become illegitimate and lose standing in nomenclature. A request for an opinion to conserve the name Providencia alcalifaciens over the earlier name Proteus inconstans is needed to resolve this issue.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.3270.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on March 4, 2022.

References

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  2. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  3. Shaw C, Clarke PH. Biochemical classification of Proteus and Providence cultures. J Gen Microbiol 1955; 13:155-161. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-13-1-155 [PubMed].
  4. Lautrop H. Genus X. Proteus Mauser 1885, 12. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eighth Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 327-330.