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

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lu.go’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lugosii, named after Bela Lugosi (1882-1956), who played the role of the vampire in the iconic 1931 film Dracula

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Chiprana

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16S rRNA gene: MW286273 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 3294