Microcaldus

Microcaldus is a monotypic genus of ultra-small archaea. It contains one species, Microcaldus variisymbioticus. It is in the monotypic family Microcaldaceae, monotypic order Microcaldales, monotypic class Microcaldia and monotypic phylum Microcaldota.^[1][2]

Microcaldus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Nanobdellati
Phylum:	Microcaldota Sakai et al. 2023
Class:	Microcaldia Sakai et al. 2023
Order:	Microcaldales Sakai et al. 2023
Family:	Microcaldaceae Sakai et al. 2023
Genus:	Microcaldus Sakai et al. 2023
Species:	M. variisymbioticus
Binomial name
Microcaldus variisymbioticus Sakai et al. 2023