Asticcacaulis biprosthecum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
Order: | Caulobacterales |
Family: | Caulobacteraceae |
Genus: | Asticcacaulis |
Species: | A. biprosthecum |
Binomial name | |
Asticcacaulis biprosthecum Poindexter 1964 |
Asticcacaulis biprosthecum is a stalked bacterial species phylogenetically closely related to the species Caulobacter crescentus. However, instead of a single polar organelle called the stalk, Asticcacaulis biprosthecum possesses two stalks that are laterally positioned along the cylindrical cell body. The ecological significance of this arrangement is unknown.