Name: Asticcacaulis biprosthecium Pate et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.pros.the.ci.um. L. pref. bis bi, twice; Gr. fem. n. prosthêkê, appendage; N.L. neut. adj. biprosthecium, twice-appendage(d) (sic)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27554; CIP 107000; DSM 4723

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ247193 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pate JL, Porter JS, Jordan TL. Asticcacaulis biprosthecum sp.nov. Life cycle, morphology and cultural characteristics. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1973; 39:569-583.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Asticcacaulis biprosthecius corrig. Pate et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Asticcacaulis biprosthecius corrig. Pate et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Asticcacaulis biprosthecum Pate et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 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. Publication: Pate JL, Porter JS, Jordan TL. Asticcacaulis biprosthecum sp.nov. Life cycle, morphology and cultural characteristics. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1973; 39:569-583.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Poindexter JS. Genus Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964, 282AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1939-1942.

Parent taxon: Asticcacaulis Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pate JL, Porter JS, Jordan TL. Asticcacaulis biprosthecum sp.nov. Life cycle, morphology and cultural characteristics. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1973; 39:569-583.

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Record number: 773532