lentisphaerota lentisphaerota lentisphaerota is a phylum of bacteria closely related to chlamydiota and verrucomicrobiota. lentisphaerota scientific classification domain: bacteria superphylum: pvc group phylum: lentisphaerotacho et al. 2021 classes oligosphaeria lentisphaeria synonyms "lentisphaerae" cho et al. 2004 "lentisphaeraeota" oren et al. 2015 "lentisphaerota" whitman et al. 2018 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 sea of japan. the other phenotype (l. araneosa) includes marine microorganisms: sequences from fish and coral microbiomes and marine sediment. phylogeny the phylogeny based on the work of the all-species living tree project. oligosphaera ethanolica victivallis vadensis lentisphaera l. araneosa l. marina taxonomy the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lspn) and the national center for biotechnology information (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 national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) but not listed in the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn)