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;

Last updated September 29, 2025

" Candidatus Aenigmatarchaeum"^[1] is a monotypic genus of ultra-small archaea that belongs to the monotypic phylum "Aenigmatarchaeota".^[2] It contains the sole species "Ca. Aenigmatarchaeum subterraneum".^[3]^[1]^[4]

References

1 2 Oren, Aharon; Garrity, George M.; Parker, Charles T.; Chuvochina, Maria; Trujillo, Martha E. (2020). "Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (7): 3956–4042. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003789 . ISSN 1466-5034.
↑ Oren, Aharon; Göker, Markus (2023). "Candidatus List. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla" . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (5): 005821. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005821. ISSN 1466-5034.
↑ Rinke, Christian; Schwientek, Patrick; Sczyrba, Alexander; Ivanova, Natalia N.; Anderson, Iain J.; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Darling, Aaron; Malfatti, Stephanie; Swan, Brandon K.; Gies, Esther A.; Dodsworth, Jeremy A.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Tsiamis, George; Sievert, Stefan M.; Liu, Wen-Tso (2013-07-14). "Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter". Nature. 499 (7459): 431–437. Bibcode:2013Natur.499..431R. doi: 10.1038/nature12352 . hdl: 1912/6194 . ISSN 1476-4687.
↑ 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

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[:0-1] 1 2 Oren, Aharon; Garrity, George M.; Parker, Charles T.; Chuvochina, Maria; Trujillo, Martha E. (2020). "Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (7): 3956–4042. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003789 . ISSN 1466-5034.

[2] Oren, Aharon; Göker, Markus (2023). "Candidatus List. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla" . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (5): 005821. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005821. ISSN 1466-5034.

[3] Rinke, Christian; Schwientek, Patrick; Sczyrba, Alexander; Ivanova, Natalia N.; Anderson, Iain J.; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Darling, Aaron; Malfatti, Stephanie; Swan, Brandon K.; Gies, Esther A.; Dodsworth, Jeremy A.; Hedlund, Brian P.; Tsiamis, George; Sievert, Stefan M.; Liu, Wen-Tso (2013-07-14). "Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter". Nature. 499 (7459): 431–437. Bibcode:2013Natur.499..431R. doi: 10.1038/nature12352 . hdl: 1912/6194 . ISSN 1476-4687.

[4] 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

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