Microcaldus
| Microcaldus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Nanobdellati |
| Phylum: | Microcaldota Sakai et al. 2023 |
| Class: | Microcaldia Sakai et al. 2023 |
| Order: | Microcaldales Sakai et al. 2023 |
| Family: | Microcaldaceae Sakai et al. 2023 |
| Genus: | Microcaldus Sakai et al. 2023 |
| Species: | M. variisymbioticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microcaldus variisymbioticus Sakai et al. 2023 | |
Microcaldus is a monotypic genus of ultra-small archaea. It contains one species, Microcaldus variisymbioticus. It is in the monotypic family Microcaldaceae, monotypic order Microcaldales, monotypic class Microcaldia and monotypic phylum Microcaldota.[1][2] Its name is due to being able to live symbiotically with other microbes.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Sakai, Hiroyuki D.; Nur, Naswandi; Kato, Shingo; Yuki, Masahiro; Shimizu, Michiru; Itoh, Takashi; Ohkuma, Moriya; Suwanto, Antonius; Kurosawa, Norio (2022-01-18). "Insight into the symbiotic lifestyle of DPANN archaea revealed by cultivation and genome analyses". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (3) e2115449119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11915449S. doi:10.1073/pnas.2115449119. PMC 8784108. PMID 35022241.
- ↑ Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M. (2020). List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70, 5607-5612; DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332
- ↑ https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/microcaldus-variisymbioticus
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