Lentisphaera

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Lentisphaera

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Lentisphaera Cho et al. 2004, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004; type genus of the family ¤ Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012).
Type species: ¤ Lentisphaera araneosa Cho et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. adj. lentus, sticky; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Lentisphaera, a sticky sphere.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1005-1006. [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.]
Validation List N° 98 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Lentisphaera araneosa Cho et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HTCC2155 = ATCC BAA-859 = KCTC 12141.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY390428.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. araneosa, similar to cobwebs, pertaining to the morphology of transparent exopolymer particles produced by the strain.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 98. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1005-1006. [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.]
Validation List N° 98 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online