Cenarchaeum symbiosum

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, 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]

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.

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. 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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