Lentisphaerae Cho et al. 2004
General information
Name
Lentisphaerae
Valid publication
2004
Effective publication
2004
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Lentisphaerae
Nomenclature type
Lentisphaerales
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Lentisphaera</i>, type genus of the type order of the phylum; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Lentisphaerae</i> phylum of the genus <i>Lentisphaera</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The phylum Lentisphaerae is defined by phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of cultured strains and environmental clone sequences retrieved mainly from marine and several anaerobic environments. The phylum includes two Gram-negative bacterial genera, Lentisphaera and Victivallis, both of which produce extracellular slime material.
Subdivision(s)
References
1
Cho, J.-C., Vergin, K.L., Morris, R.M., and Giovannoni, S.J. 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.[DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00614.x]
2
Validation list No. 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54:1006-1006.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63360-0]
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