| Cenarchaeum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Proteoarchaeota |
| Superphylum: | TACK group |
| Phylum: | Thermoproteota |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Cenarchaeales |
| Family: | Cenarchaeaceae |
| Genus: | Cenarchaeum Preston, Wu, Molinski & De Long, 1996[1] |
| Species: | C. symbiosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cenarchaeum symbiosum Preston, Wu, Molinski & De Long, 1996[1]
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Cenarchaeum is a monotypic genus of archaeans in the family Cenarchaeaceae.[2] The marine archaean Cenarchaeum symbiosum is psychrophilic and is found inhabiting marine sponges.[3] Cenarchaeum symbiosum was initially detected as a major symbiotic microorganism living within (it is an endosymbiont of) the sponge Axinella mexicana.[3] 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.
- ^ a b "Cenarchaeum Preston, Wu, Molinski & De Long, 1996". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Cenarchaeum. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.6241P. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.13.6241. PMC 39006. PMID 8692799.