Taxa

Nanoarchaeota

Phylum

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Nanoarchaeota." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-nanoarchaeota.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Nanoarchaeota. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-nanoarchaeota

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-nanoarchaeota,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Nanoarchaeota},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-nanoarchaeota},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Nanoarchaeota is a phylum of archaea represented by extremely small cells that live as obligate symbionts attached to the surface of another archaeon, Ignicoccus. The phylum was first discovered at a submarine hydrothermal vent, and its member Nanoarchaeum equitans is among the smallest known cellular organisms.

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