Name DOI
10.1601/nm.3277
Name
 (de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) pro synon. Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) pro synon. Proteus inconstans (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
Providencia alcalifaciens (de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) pro synon. Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Providencia alcalifaciens was originally described by Ewing 1962. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Lautrop established as a later homotypic synonym of (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 Providencia alcalifaciens (de Salles Gomes 1944) Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980) pro synon. Proteus inconstans (Ornstein 1920) Shaw and Clarke 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.3277.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on March 4, 2022.

References

  1. Ewing WH. The tribe Proteae: its nomenclature and taxonomy. Int Bull Bacteriol Nomencl Taxon 1962; 12:93-102. https://doi.org/10.1099/0096266X-12-3-93.
  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. 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.
  4. de Salles Gomes L. Sobre uma nova especie do genero Eberthella Buchanan de fezes pathologicas de crianca, Eberthella acalifaciens (n. sp.). Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz 1944; 14:182-195.