Name: "Vampirococcus" Guerrero et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vam.pi.ro.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. vampirus, Serbian for vampire, blood-sucker; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Vampirococcus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Vampirococc-), wam-pi-ro-KOK-kus

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vampirococus".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "VMCO" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Vampirococcus archaeovorus" Moreira et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Vampirococcus lugosii" Moreira et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Absconditicoccaceae" Yakimov et al. 2022

Assigned by: Yakimov MM, Merkel AY, Gaisin VA, Pilhofer M, Messina E, Hallsworth JE, Klyukina AA, Tikhonova EN, Gorlenko VM. Cultivation of a vampire: 'Candidatus Absconditicoccus praedator'. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:30-49. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 14376