Name: Caulobacter halobacteroides Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

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

16S rRNA gene: AB008849 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.

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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