Genus Asticcacaulis
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964, genus.
Type species: ¤ Asticcacaulis excentricus Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; N.L. n. sticca, stick; L. masc. n. caulis, stalk; N.L. masc. n. Asticcacaulis, stalk that does not stick.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: POINDEXTER (J.S.): Biological properties and classification of the Caulobacter group. Bacteriological Reviews, 1964, 28, 231-295.
Asticcacaulis benevestitus Vasilyeva et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-0023 = ATCC BAA-896 = DSM 16100.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM087199.
Etymology: L. adv. bene, well; L. part. adj. vestitus, clothed/clad; N.L. masc. part. adj. benevestitus, well clad.
Valid publication: VASILYEVA (L.V.), OMELCHENKO (M.V.), BERESTOVSKAYA (Y.Y.), LYSENKO (A.M.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), DEDYSH (S.N.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Asticcacaulis benevestitus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, dimorphic, prosthecate bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2083-2088.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asticcacaulis biprosthecium (sic) Pate et al. 1973, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 27554= CIP 107000 = DSM 4723.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ247193.
Etymology: L. pref. bis bi, twice; Gr. fem. n. prosthêkê, appendage; N.L. masc. adj. biprosthecum, twice-appendage(d).
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: PATE (J.L.), PORTER (J.S.) and JORDAN (T.L.): Asticcacaulis biprosthecum sp. nov. Life cycle, morphology and cultural characteristics. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1973, 39, 569-583.
Note: In the effective publication by Pate et al. 1973 [1] and in a paper by Poindexter 1989 [2], this nomenclatural name is cited as Asticcacaulis biprosthecum.
References:
1 PATE (J.L.), PORTER (J.S.) and JORDAN (T.L.): Asticcacaulis biprosthecum sp. nov. Life cycle, morphology and cultural characteristics. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol., 1973, 39, 569-583.
Original article Online
2 POINDEXTER (J.S.): Genus Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964, 282AL. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, pp. 1939-1942.
Asticcacaulis endophyticus Zhu et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZFGT-14=CCTCC AB 2013012=KCTC 32296=LMG 27605.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF551184.
Etymology: Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. phyton, plant; N.L. masc. adj. endophyticus, within plant, referring to the endophytic nature of the strain and its isolation from plant tissue.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: ZHU, L., LONG, M., SI, M., WEI, L., LI, C., ZHAO, L., SHEN, X., WANG, Y. and ZHANG, L. 2014. Asticcacaulis endophyticus sp. nov., a prosthecate bacterium isolated from the root of Geum aleppicum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3964-3969.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asticcacaulis excentricus Poindexter 1964, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15261= CIP 107064 = DSM 4724 = VKM B-1370.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ247194.
Etymology: L. pref. ex, out from the interior of a thing, out of; L. n. centrum, the middle point of a circle, the centre; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. excentricus, out from the center.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: POINDEXTER (J.S.): Biological properties and classification of the Caulobacter group. Bacteriological Reviews, 1964, 28, 231-295.
Asticcacaulis solisilvae Kim et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CGM1-3EN=AIM0088=KCTC 32102=JCM 18544.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX144961.
Etymology: L. n. solum, soil; L. n. silva, forest; N.L. gen. n. solisilvae, of/from forest soil.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: KIM, S., GONG, G., PARK, T. H. and UM, Y. 2013. Asticcacaulis solisilvae sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3829-3834.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T3-B7 = AS 1.3431 = JCM 12463.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY500141.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. taihuensis, pertaining to Taihu Lake, the source of the sediment from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LIU (Z.P.), WANG (B.J.), LIU (S.J.) and LIU (Y.H.): Asticcacaulis taihuensis sp. nov., a novel stalked bacterium isolated from Taihu Lake, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1239-1242.
Original article in IJSEM Online