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Name: Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: A.stic.ca.cau’lis. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); N.L. masc. n. sticca, stick; L. masc. n. caulis, stalk; N.L. masc. n. Asticcacaulis, stalk that does not stick
Gender: masculine (stem: Asticcacaul-)
Type species: Asticcacaulis excentricus Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Poindexter JS. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAULOBACTER GROUP. Bacteriol Rev 1964; 28:231-295.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12
Parent taxon: Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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Record number: 515196