Name: "Daptobacter" Guerrero et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Dap.to.bac’ter. Gr. ind. v. daptô, devour, gnaw; N.L. masc. n. bacter, from Greek rod; N.L. masc. n. Daptobacter

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Daptobacter-), dap-to-BAK-ter

Original publication: Guerrero R, Pedros-Alio C, Esteve I, Mas J, Chase D, Margulis L. Predatory prokaryotes: predation and primary consumption evolved in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986; 83:2138-2142.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Daptobacter is a cytoplasmic predator, as these bacteria "invade their host cells and replicate in the cytoplasm, consuming their prey from the inside out" (Madigan et al. 2019). Publication: Madigan MT, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Sattley WM, Stahl DA. Brock Biology of Mircoorganisms. Pearson, New York, 2019. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DPBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Parent taxon: [Epsilonproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 684