Phylum XXII. Lentisphaerae
Editors
N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Volume
4
Issue
2
First page number:
785
Last page number:
788
Abstract
The phylum Lentisphaerae is defined by phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of cultured strains from seawater and human feces and environmental clone sequences retrieved mainly from marine habitats, freshwater habitats, anaerobic digesters, and vertebrate feces. The phylum includes two bacterial genera, Lentisphaera and Victivallis, both of which are chemo-organotrophic cocci with a Gram-negative cell structure. Saccharolytic, only able to use mono- and di-saccharides, sugar alcohols, or sugar acids. Both produce extracellular slime material.
Keywords
Bacteria – Classification; Lentisphaerae; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny
Disciplines
Bacteriology | Genetics and Genomics | Life Sciences | Microbiology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Hedlund, B. P.,
Cho, J.,
Derrien, M.,
Costa, K. C.
(2011).
Phylum XXII. Lentisphaerae. In N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman,
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 4(2),
785-788.
Springer Verlag.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68572-4_11