Species Caulobacter halobacteroides

Name: Caulobacter halobacteroides Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.bac.te.ro.i’des. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. bacteroides, rod-shaped; N.L. masc. adj. halobacteroides, salt requiring rod-shaped bacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka͡u-lo-BAK-ter ha-lo-bak-te-ro-I-des, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15269; NBRC 102483; NCIMB 2022; VKM B-1511

16S rRNA gene: AB008849 Analyse FASTA

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: synonym

Correct name: Maricaulis maris (Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caulobacter maris Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Maricaulis maris (Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Abraham et al. (1999), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Caulobacter maris Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). 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. 🇩🇪
  • ⏲ According to Abraham et al. (1999), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Maricaulis maris (Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999. 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. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Caulobacter halobacteroides is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Caulobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Caulobacter Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Poindexter JS. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAULOBACTER GROUP. Bacteriol Rev 1964; 28:231-295.

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