Planctomycetia
General information
Name
Planctomycetia
Effective publication
2011
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Planctomycetes.
Planctomycetia
Nomenclature type
Planctomycetales
Etymology
N.L. pl. n. <i>Planctomycetales</i>, type order of the class; suff. -<i>ia</i>, ending to denote a class; N.L. pl. n. <i>Planctomycetia</i>, the class of <i>Planctomycetales</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The class Planctomycetia was circumscribed for this volume on the basis of phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences; the class contains the orders Planctomycetales and Brocadiales.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Ward, N,.L. Class I. Planctomycetia class. nov. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., vol. 4 (The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrumicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes) (N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley, D.R. Brown, B.P. Hedlund, B.J. Paster, N.L. Ward, W. Ludwig, and W.B. Whitman, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York (2011). p. 879.