Order Lentisphaerales
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004, ord. nov. (Type order of the class ¤ Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012).
Type genus: ¤ Lentisphaera Cho et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Lentisphaera, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Lentisphaerales, the Lentisphaera order.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1005-1006.
Effective publication: CHO (J.C.), VERGIN (K.L.), MORRIS (R.M.) and GIOVANNONI (S.J.): Lentisphaera araneosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae. Environ. Microbiol., 2004, 6, 611-621.
Validation List no. 98 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
