Name: "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: 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

Correct name: Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Lentisphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Lentisphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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.
  • Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012 to this phylum. Publication: Paster BJ. Class I. Spirochaetia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, et al. (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, vol. 4, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 2010, p. 471-563.
  • 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 in some sources as: "Lentisphearae".

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