Cenarchaeum symbiosum
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| 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 Archaea 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]
Genome
The genome of C. symbiosum is estimated to be 2.02 Million bp in length, with a predicted amount of 2011 genes.[2]
References
- ↑ Preston CM, Wu KY, Molinski TF, De Long EF (1996). "A psychrophilic crenarchaeon inhabits a marine sponge: Cenarchaeum symbiosum gen. nov., sp. nov". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93 (13): 6241–6246. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.13.6241. PMC 39006. PMID 8692799.
- ↑ "Cenarchaeum symbiosum (Cenarchaeum symbiosum) Genome Browser Gateway". Genome Browser Gateway. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
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