Phylum "Lentisphaerota"

Name: "Lentisphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: len-ti-sp^ha͡e-RO-ta, neuter

Type class: Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012

Original publication: Whitman WB, Oren A, Chuvochina M, da Costa MS, Garrity GM, Rainey FA, Rossello-Mora R, Schink B, Sutcliffe I, Trujillo ME, et al. Proposal of the suffix -ota to denote phyla. Addendum to 'Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:967-969. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Lentisphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🛺 The type class of this phylum has been placed in 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. 🇮🇱
- 🚃 The type class of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004. 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. 🇺🇸
- 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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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Phylum "Lentisphaerota"