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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Caulobacter maris Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ma’ris L. n. mare -is, the sea; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15268; CIP 106103; CM 11; DSM 4729; DSM 4734; JCM 21108; NBRC 102484; VKM B-1510

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681823 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caulobacter halobacteroides Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Caulobacter maris Poindexter 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Maricaulis 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.
  • According to Abraham et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Caulobacter halobacteroides 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.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Parent taxon: Maricaulis Abraham et al. 1999

Assigned by: 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.

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