Lentisphaerota

Lentisphaerota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Superphylum: PVC superphylum
Phylum: Lentisphaerota
Cho et al. 2021[1]
Classes
Synonyms
  • "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004
  • "Lentisphaeraeota" Oren et al. 2015
  • "Lentisphaerota" Whitman et al. 2018

Lentisphaerota is a phylum of bacteria closely related to Chlamydiota and Verrucomicrobiota.[2][3]

It includes two monotypic orders Lentisphaerales and Victivallales. Phylum members can be aerobic or anaerobic and fall under two distinct phenotypes. These phenotypes live within bodies of sea water and were particularly hard to isolate in a pure culture.[4] One phenotype, L. marina, consists of terrestrial gut microbiota from mammals and birds. It was found in the Sea of Japan.[4] The other phenotype (L. araneosa) includes marine microorganisms: sequences from fish and coral microbiomes and marine sediment.

  1. ^ Oren A, Garrity GM (2021). "Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 71 (10): 5056. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005056. PMID 34694987. S2CID 239887308.
  2. ^ Cho J, Vergin K, Morris R, Giovannoni S (2004). "Lentisphaera araneosa gen. nov., sp. nov, a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae". Environ Microbiol. 6 (6): 611–21. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00614.x. PMID 15142250.
  3. ^ Limam RD, Bouchez T, Chouari R, et al. (October 2010). "Detection of WWE2-related Lentisphaerae by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization in landfill leachate". Can. J. Microbiol. 56 (10): 846–52. doi:10.1139/w10-065. PMID 20962908. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  4. ^ a b Choi, Ahyoung; Yang, Seung-Jo; Rhee, Kwang-Hyun; Cho, Jang-CheonYR 2013 (2013). "Lentisphaera marina sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Lentisphaera". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt_4): 1540–1544. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.046433-0. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 22888188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)