Cenarchaeum

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Cenarchaeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Proteoarchaeota
Superphylum: TACK group
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: Cenarchaeales
Family: Cenarchaeaceae
Genus: Cenarchaeum
DeLong and Preston 1996
Type species
Cenarchaeum symbiosum
DeLong and Preston 1996
Species

Cenarchaeum is a genus of archaeans in the family Cenarchaeaceae.[1] The marine archaean Cenarchaeum symbiosum was initially detected as a major symbiotic microorganism living within (it is an endosymbiont of) the sponge Axinella mexicana.[2] It has been ubiquitously detected in the world oceans at lower abundances, while in some genera of marine sponges it is one of the most abundant microbiome members. Its genome sequence and diversity has been investigated in detail finding unique metabolic products and its role in ammonia-oxidizing activities.

References[edit]

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Cenarchaeum. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Preston, C.M.; Wu, K.Y.; Molinski, T.F.; Delong, E.F. (1996). "A psychrophilic crenarchaeon inhabits a marine sponge: Cenarchaeum symbiosum gen. nov., sp. nov". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 93 (13): 6241–6246. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.6241P. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.13.6241. PMC 39006. PMID 8692799.

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