Genus Lentisphaera

Name: Lentisphaera Cho et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Len.ti.sphae’ra. L. masc. adj. lentus, sticky; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Lentisphaera, a sticky sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lentisphaer-), len-ti-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Lentisphaera araneosa Cho et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cho JC, Vergin KL, Morris RM, Giovannoni SJ. 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. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Choi et al. 2013 Choi A, Yang SJ, Rhee KH, Cho JC. Lentisphaera marina sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Lentisphaera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1540-1544. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012. Publication: Cho J-C, Derrien M, Hedlund BP. Class I. Lentisphaeria class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 787. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012. Publication: Cho J-C, Hedlund BP. Family I. Lentisphaeraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 788. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004. Publication: Cho JC, Vergin KL, Morris RM, Giovannoni SJ. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🧕 Cho et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the order Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004. Publication: Cho JC, Vergin KL, Morris RM, Giovannoni SJ. 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012. Publication: Cho J-C, Derrien M, Hedlund BP. Class I. Lentisphaeria class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 787. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lentispha"; "Tisphaera".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Choi et al. (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lentisphaera araneosa Cho et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentisphaera marina Choi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentisphaera profundi Choi et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012

Assigned by: Cho J-C, Hedlund BP. Family I. Lentisphaeraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 788. 🇺🇸

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