| Cenarchaeum symbiosum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Crenarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Thaumarchaeota |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Cenarchaeales |
| Family: | Cenarchaeaceae |
| Genus: | Cenarchaeum |
| Species: | Cenarchaeum symbiosum |
Cenarchaeum symbiosum is a species of Archaebacteria in the genus Cenarchaeum, and is one of the three species contained by the newly proposed phylum Thaumarchaeota in the domain Archaea. C. symbiosum is psychrophilic and is found inhabiting marine sponges.[1]
The genome of C. symbiosum is estimated to be 2.02 Million bp in length, with a predicted amount of 2011 genes.[2]