Cenarchaeum symbiosum
Axinella polypoides by Line1
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C. symbiosum
Binomial name
Cenarchaeum symbiosum

Cenarchaeum symbiosum is a species of Archaea in the genus Cenarchaeum, in the phylum Nitrososphaerota 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]

Ecology

Cenarchaeum symbiosum is a psychrophilic 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Cenarchaeum symbiosum (Cenarchaeum symbiosum) Genome Browser Gateway". Genome Browser Gateway. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

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