Lentisphaerae

Lentisphaerae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Lentisphaerae Cho et al. 2004
Species
Class Oligosphaeria Qiu et al. 2013 Order Oligosphaerales Qiu et al. 2013 Family Oligosphaeraceae Qiu et al. 2013 Genus Oligosphaera Qiu et al. 2013 Class Lentisphaeria Cho et al. 2012 Order Lentisphaerales Cho et al. 2004 Family Lentisphaeraceae Cho and Hedlund 2012 Genus Lentisphaera Cho et al. 2004 Order Victivallales Cho et al. 2004 Family Victivallaceae Derrien et al. 2012 Genus Victivallis Zoetendal et al. 2003

Lentisphaerae is a phylum of bacteria closely related to Chlamydiae and Verrucomicrobia.

It includes two monotypic orders Lentisphaerales and Victivallales. Phylum members can be aerobic or anaerobic and fall under two distinct phenotypes. One consists of terrestrial gut microbiota from mammals and birds. The other phenotype includes marine micro-organisms: sequences from fish and coral microbiomes and marine sediment.

Phylogeny

	Oligosphaera ethanolica Qiu et al. 2013 Lentisphaera araneosa Cho et al. 2004 Victivallis vadensis Zoetendal et al. 2003