Thaumarchaeota
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See also: thaumarchaeota
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]In part, from Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Thaumarchaeota
- Chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizers that may play important roles in biogeochemical cycles, such as the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle.
Synonyms
[edit]- (phylum): Thaumarchaea, Nitrosphaerota
Hypernyms
[edit]- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Archaea - superkingdom; Crenarchaeota - phylum
Hyponyms
[edit]- (phylum): Cenarchaeales, Nitrosocaldales, Nitrosopumilales - orders
- (class): Cenarchaeales - order
References
[edit]Thaumarchaeota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thaumarchaeota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Archaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Archaea at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
- Brochier-Armanet, C. et al. (2008) “Mesophilic crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota”, in Nature Reviews Microbiology, volume 6, , pages 245–252