Multilocus sequence analysis for the taxonomic updating and identification of the genus Proteus and reclassification of Proteus genospecies 5 O’Hara et al. 2000, Proteus cibarius Hyun et al. 2016 as later heterotypic synonyms of Proteus terrae Behrendt et al. 2015

Table 2 Distinctive phenotypic characteristics among the type strains P. terrae, P. cibarius and Proteus genospecies 5^a

Characteristic	P. terrae	P. cibarius	Proteus genomospecies 5
Growth in optimum temperature (°C)	37	35	37
Growth range in NaCl (%,w/v)	0–15	0–12	0–15
Growth range in pH	4–9	4–9	4–9
DNase (25 °C) (3 days)	+	+	+
Lipase (olive oil) (7 days)	–	+	–
CIT	–	–	+
DNA G + C content (mol %)	37.9	37.8	37.8

^aSpecies strain: P. terrae LMG 28659^T; P. cibarius JCM 30699^T; Proteus genospecies 5 ATCC 51470^T

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