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Phylum "Lentisphaerae"
Name: "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004
Etymology: Len.ti.sphae’rae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Lentisphaerae, phylum of the genus Lentisphaera (nominative plural of Lentisphaera)
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Lentisphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Lentisphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🧒 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.
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🧒 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.
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🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the family Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 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.
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🧒 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned the family Victivallaceae Derrien 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.
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🧒 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".
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🧍 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.
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🧕 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.
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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