Parvarchaeum

Candidatus Parvarchaeum
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Nanobdellati
Phylum: Nanobdellota
Class: Nanobdellia
Type species
"Ca. Parvarchaeum acidiphilum"
Baker et al. 2010
Species
  • "Ca. P. acidiphilum"
  • "Ca. P. paracidiphilum"
  • "Ca. P. tengchongense"

Candidatus Parvarchaeum is a genus of Archaea in the proposed phylum of Nanoarchaeota. There are two species in the genus, Candidatus Parvarchaeum acidiphilum and Candidatus Parvarchaeum paracidiphilum (synonym Candidatus Parvarchaeum acidophilus), both of which are currently uncultured.

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