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Phylum "Lentisphaerae"

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati "Lentisphaerae"

Name: "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: phylum, phyl. nov.

Etymology: Len.ti.sphae’rae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Lentisphaerae, phylum of the genus Lentisphaera (nominative plural of Lentisphaera)

Gender: feminine

Type order: Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004

Original 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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Cho et al. (2004) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. 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. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Cho et al. (2004) assigned the order Victivallales Cho et al. 2004 to this phylum. 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 the class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Paster BJ. Phylum XV. Spirochaetes Garrity and Holt 2001. 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 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes), Springer, New York, NY, 2010, p. 471. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the family Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Paster BJ. Phylum XV. Spirochaetes Garrity and Holt 2001. 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 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes), Springer, New York, NY, 2010, p. 471. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the family Victivallaceae Derrien et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Paster BJ. Phylum XV. Spirochaetes Garrity and Holt 2001. 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 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes), Springer, New York, NY, 2010, p. 471. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Qiu et al. (2013) assigned the class Oligosphaeria Qiu et al. 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Qiu YL, Muramatsu M, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Guo RB, Sekiguchi Y. Oligosphaera ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge, and description of Oligosphaeria classis nov. in the phylum Lentisphaerae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:533-539. 🇯🇵
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lentisphearae".
    • 🧍 The formation of this name was discussed in Judicial Opinion 129. Publication: Arahal et al. Judicial Opinion No. 129. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6064.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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