Name: Caulobacter leidyia Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15260; CIP 106443; DSM 4733; VKM B-1368

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ227812 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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Caulobacter leidyi corrig. Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caulobacter leidyi corrig. Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Alteristakelama leidyi (Poindexter 1964) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sphingomonas leidyi (Poindexter 1964) Chen et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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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Record number: 783613