Cenarchaeum symbiosum
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Cenarchaeum symbiosum is a species of Archaebacteria in the genus Cenarchaeum
Cenarchaeum
In taxonomy, Cenarchaeum is a genus of the Cenarchaeaceae. The marine archaean Cenarchaeum symbiosum lives within the sponge Axinella mexicana.-External links:...

, and is one of the three species contained by the newly proposed phylum Thaumarchaeota
Thaumarchaeota
In taxonomy, the Thaumarchaeota are a newly-proposed phylum of the Archaea, containing so far four species, Nitrosopumilus maritimus, Cenarchaeum symbiosum, Nitrososphaera viennensis, and Nitrososphaera gargensis...

 in the domain Archaea
Archaea
The Archaea are a group of single-celled microorganisms. A single individual or species from this domain is called an archaeon...

. C. symbiosum is psychrophilic 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.
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