Lentisphaerota is a phylum of bacteria closely related to Chlamydiota and Verrucomicrobiota.

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.

[4] One phenotype, L. marina, consists of terrestrial gut microbiota from mammals and birds.

[5] Oligosphaera ethanolica Victivallis vadensis L. araneosa L. marina The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)[6] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).