Nanoarchaeota

Nanoarchaeota
Nanoarcheotum Nanopusillus acidilobi attached to Acidilobus.
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Nanobdellati
Phylum: Nanobdellota
Class: Nanobdellia
Kato et al. 2022
Orders
  • JAPDLS01
  • "Jingweiarchaeales"
  • Nanobdellales
  • "Pacearchaeales"
  • "Parvarchaeales"
  • "Tiddalikarchaeales"
  • "Woesearchaeales"
Synonyms
  • Nanobdellota Huber et al. 2023
  • "Pacearchaeota" Castelle et al. 2015
  • "Parvarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013
  • "Woesearchaeota" Castelle et al. 2015

Nanoarchaeota (Greek, "dwarf or tiny ancient one") is a proposed phylum (Candidatus Nanoarchaeota) in the domain Archaea that currently has only one representative, Nanoarchaeum equitans, which was discovered in a submarine hydrothermal vent and first described in 2002.

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