asticcacaulis endophyticus asticcacaulis endophyticus asticcacaulis endophyticus is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of asticcacaulis which has been isolated from the roots of the plant geum aleppicum from the taibai mountain in china. asticcacaulis endophyticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: caulobacterales family: caulobacteraceae genus: asticcacaulis species: a. endophyticus binomial name asticcacaulis endophyticuszhu et al. 2014 type strain cctcc ab 2013012, kctc 32296, lmg 27605, strain zfgt-14