Nitrososphaeria

Phylum of archaea

Nitrososphaeria (previously phylum Nitrososphaerota or Thaumarchaeota) is a class of Archaea under the phylum Thermoproteota. The first species, Cenarchaeum symbiosum, was discovered in 1996 and was found to have a genome distinct from other known archaea at the time; hence, it was classified as a separate phylum. A decade later, three ammonia-oxidizing archaea were described, Nitrosopumilus maritimus, Nitrososphaera viennensis, and Nitrososphaera gargensis.

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