Lacunisphaera

Lacunisphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutae
Order:	Opitutales
Family:	Opitutaceae
Genus:	Lacunisphaera Rast et al. 2025
Type species
Lacunisphaera limnophila Rast et al. 2025
Species [1] [2]
"L. anatis" L. limnophila L. parvula

Lacunisphaera is a Gram-negative, aerobic and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Opitutaceae. ^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Lacunisphaera in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 –D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
2. Schoch CL; et al. "Lacunisphaera". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
3. Niftrik, Laura van; Devos, Damien P. (2 October 2019). Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Bacterial Superphylum: New Model Organisms for Evolutionary Cell Biology, 2nd Edition. Frontiers Media SA. p. 79. ISBN   978-2-88945-974-2.