''Cenarchaeum symbiosum'' is a species of
Archaea
Archaea ( ; singular archaeon ) is a domain of single-celled organisms. These microorganisms lack cell nuclei and are therefore prokaryotes. Archaea were initially classified as bacteria, receiving the name archaebacteria (in the Archaebac ...
in the genus ''
Cenarchaeum
In taxonomy, ''Cenarchaeum'' is a genus of the Cenarchaeaceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Cenarchaeum Data extracted from the The marine archaean ''Cenarchaeum symbiosum'' lives within (it is an endosymbiont of) the sponge
Sponges, the me ...
'', in the phylum
Nitrososphaerota
The Nitrososphaerota (syn. Thaumarchaeota) are a phylum of the Archaea proposed in 2008 after the genome of ''Cenarchaeum symbiosum'' was sequenced and found to differ significantly from other members of the hyperthermophilic phylum Thermoprote ...
in the domain
Archaea
Archaea ( ; singular archaeon ) is a domain of single-celled organisms. These microorganisms lack cell nuclei and are therefore prokaryotes. Archaea were initially classified as bacteria, receiving the name archaebacteria (in the Archaebac ...
. ''C. symbiosum'' is
psychrophilic
Psychrophiles or cryophiles (adj. ''psychrophilic'' or ''cryophilic'') are extremophilic organisms that are capable of growth and reproduction in low temperatures, ranging from to . They have an optimal growth temperature at . They are found in ...
and is found inhabiting marine sponges.
Genome
The genome of ''C. symbiosum'' is estimated to be 2.02 Million bp in length, with a predicted amount of 2011 genes.
Ecology
''Cenarchaeum symbiosum'' is a psychrophillic organism capable of surviving and proliferating at low temperatures usually ranging from 7-19 Celsius. ''C. symbiosum'' has a symbiotic relationship with certain varieties of sponge species, usually living in 10-20 meter depths, typically near California.
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Archaea
Thermoproteota