Aenigmatarchaeum

"Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeum"
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Nanobdellati
Phylum: "Aenigmatarchaeota"
Class: "Aenigmatarchaeia"
Rinke et al. 2021
Order: "Aenigmatarchaeales"
Rinke et al. 2021
Family: "Aenigmatarchaeaceae"
Rinke et al. 2021
Genus:
"Ca. Aenigmatarchaeum"

corrig. Rinke et al. 2013
Species:
"Ca. Aenigmatarchaeum subterraneum"
Binomial name
"Ca. Aenigmatarchaeum subterraneum"
corrig. Rinke et al. 2013
Synonyms
  • "Ca. Aenigmarchaeum" Rinke et al. 2013
  • "Ca. Aenigmarchaeum subterraneum" Rinke et al. 2013

"Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeum" is a monotypic genus of ultra-small archaea that belongs to the monotypic phylum "Aenigmatarchaeota". It contains the sole species "Ca. Aenigmatarchaeum subterraneum".