Name: Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. n. mare -is, the sea; L. masc. n. caulis, stalk; N.L. masc. n. Maricaulis, stalk from the sea

Type species: Maricaulis maris (Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Abraham WR, Strompl C, Meyer H, Lindholst S, Moore ER, Christ R, Vancanneyt M, Tindall BJ, Bennasar A, Smit J, et al. Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1053-1073.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Rhodobacteraceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Poindexter JS. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAULOBACTER GROUP. Bacteriol Rev 1964; 28:231-295.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Maricaulis maris (Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Maricaulis parjimensis Abraham et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Maricaulis salignorans Abraham et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Maricaulis virginensis Abraham et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Maricaulis washingtonensis Abraham et al. 2002	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.

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