"Candidatus Heimdallarchaeum" is a genus of archaea that in turn forms a distinct group within the Promethearchaeati kingdom.
[1] Named after the mythical Norse god, Heimdall, one of the sons of Odin, it is considered the closest relative of eukaryotes.
[2][3] The first specimens were discovered by a team of microbiologists at the Uppsala University, Sweden[4] from the marine sediments at Loki's Castle (hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic Ocean) and Bay of Aarhus (a waterway in Denmark), and some other species from Auka hydrothermal vent field in the Pacific Ocean.
Heimdallarchaeia" is the group of archaea that eukaryotes emerged.
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