Proteus hauseri O'Hara et al. 2000
NCAIM Number B.02284
Other Collection Number DSM 30118, ATCC 13315, IFO 3851, NBRC 3851, NCIB 4175, NCTC 4175
Strain Name
Mutant
Strain Status
Strain History
Previous Name
Typestrain of
Depositor
Isolator
Isolation source
Isolation Type
Restriction Hazard Group 2
Name of Medium NCAIM 0025 - Nutrient agar 37°C
Notes and applications

Formerly type strain of P. vulgaris (Replacement of strain NCTC 4175, since 1963 the neotype strain of Proteus vulgaris, with strain ATCC 29905 -- Opinion 70 (Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49: 1949, 1999.) quality control strain for Abbott, API, and Sensititre products Control Culture (Salmonella in Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) by Modified Semisolid Rappaport-Vassiliadis (MSRV) Medium. Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency; EPA EPA Method 1682, 2005.) Decarboxylation of neutral amino acids (Ekladius L, et al. Decarboxylation of neutral amino acids in Proteus vulgaris. J. Gen. Microbiol. 17: 602-619, 1957. ) Quality control strain according to DIN 58959-7 Produces restriction endonuclease PvuI and PvuII (Roberts RJ. Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 13: r165-r200, 1985.)
ID checked by 16S sequencing

Literature Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30: 225-420, 1980