Microcaldus

Microcaldus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Nanobdellati
Phylum: Microcaldota
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Class: Microcaldia
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Order: Microcaldales
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Family: Microcaldaceae
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Genus: Microcaldus
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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. Its name is due to being able to live symbiotically with other microbes.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/microcaldus-variisymbioticus