Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum caldarius Genome sequencing and assembly

Here we report on a thermophilic, anaerobic butane-oxidizing microbial enrichment, in which archaea of the novel genus Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum (i.e. Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum caldarius; so far known as GoM-Arch87 clade) form consortia with Candidatus Desulfofervidus auxilii, which has been described as partner bacterium in the anaerobic oxidation of methane.