Lentisphaerota is a

phylum In biology, a phylum (; : phyla) is a level of classification, or taxonomic rank, that is below Kingdom (biology), kingdom and above Class (biology), class. Traditionally, in botany the term division (taxonomy), division has been used instead ...

bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...

closely related to Chlamydiota and Verrucomicrobiota. 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. One phenotype, ''L. marina'', consists of terrestrial gut microbiota from mammals and birds. It was found in the

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. The other phenotype (''L. araneosa'') includes

marine microorganism Marine microorganisms are defined by their habitat as microorganisms living in a marine habitat, marine environment, that is, in the saline water, saltwater of a sea or ocean or the brackish water of a coastal estuary. A microorganism (or mic ...

s: sequences from fish and coral microbiomes and

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Phylogeny

The phylogeny based on the work of the All-Species Living Tree Project.

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

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(LSPN) and the

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(NCBI). * Phylum Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021 ** Class Oligosphaeria Qiu et al. 2013 *** Order Oligosphaerales Qiu et al. 2013 **** Family Oligosphaeraceae Qiu et al. 2013 ***** Genus '' Oligosphaera'' Qiu et al. 2013 ****** Species '' Oligosphaera ethanolica'' Qiu et al. 2013 ** Class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012 *** Order Victivallales Cho et al. 2004 **** Family Victivallaceae Derrien et al. 2012 ***** Genus '' Victivallis'' Zoetendal et al. 2003 ****** Species '' Victivallis vadensis'' Zoetendal et al. 2003 *** Order Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004 **** Family Lentisphaeraceae Cho & Hedlund 2012 ***** Genus '' Lentisphaera'' Cho et al. 2004 emend. Choi et al. 2013 ****** Species '' L. araneosa'' Cho et al. 2004 ****** Species '' L. marina'' Choi et al. 2013 ****** Species "'' L. profunda''" ♠ Notes:
♠ Strain found at the

(NCBI) but not listed in the

(LPSN)

Phylogeny

Taxonomy

See also

References

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