by Christoph — Last sum­mer, I stum­bled upon the name «Sal­ta­to­rel­lus» when look­ing at a photo from a pos­ter ses­sion of a mi­cro­bio­lo­gy con­gress. I found that name so char­ming! Stage names of jugg­lers and cir­cus ar­tists who per­form au­da­cious jumps and da­ring so­mer­saults came to my mind. And in­deed, the name 'Sal­ta­to­rel­lus fe­rox' was gi­ven to a bac­te­rium...