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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Vampirococcus archaeovorus"

Name: "Candidatus Vampirococcus archaeovorus" Moreira et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ar.chae.o’vo.rus. Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, old; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -vorus, devouring; from L. v. voro, to eat; N.L. masc. adj. archaeovorus, eating archaea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wam-pi-ro-KOK-kus ar-kha͡e-O-wo-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: LiM

Effective publication: Moreira D, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Archilla AI, Iniesto M, Lopez-Garcia P. Reductive evolution and unique predatory mode in the CPR bacterium Vampirococcus lugosii. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2454. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Vampirococcus" Guerrero et al. 1986

Assigned by: Moreira D, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Archilla AI, Iniesto M, Lopez-Garcia P. Reductive evolution and unique predatory mode in the CPR bacterium Vampirococcus lugosii. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2454. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 35704

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