Name: Asticcacaulis benevestitus Vasilyeva et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.ne.ves.ti’tus. L. adv. bene, well; L. masc. perf. part. vestitus, clothed/clad; N.L. masc. part. adj. benevestitus, well clad

Pronunciation, gender: be-ne-wes-TI-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-896; DSM 16100; Z-0023

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM087199 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vasilyeva LV, Omelchenko MV, Berestovskaya YY, Lysenko AM, Abraham WR, Dedysh SN, Zavarzin GA. Asticcacaulis benevestitus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, dimorphic, prosthecate bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2083-2088.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vasilyeva LV, Omelchenko MV, Berestovskaya YY, Lysenko AM, Abraham WR, Dedysh SN, Zavarzin GA. Asticcacaulis benevestitus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, dimorphic, prosthecate bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2083-2088.

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