Asticcacaulis biprosthecum

Asticcacaulis biprosthecum
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.

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