Name: Caulobacter mirabilis Abraham et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.ra’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mirabilis, strange, the strange Caulobacter which is unique in its high content of trans-11-methyl-12-octadecenoic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55073; DSM 21795; FWC 38; LMG 24261

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ227774 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M. Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1939-1949.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M. Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1939-1949.

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