"Candidatus Augarchaeota" | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Clade: | "Proteoarchaeota" |
Kingdom: | Thermoproteati |
Phylum: | "Candidatus Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 |
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"Candidatus Augarchaeota" (previously "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" [1] ) is a proposed archaeal phylum of which the main representative is "Candidatus Caldiarchaeum subterraneum". [2] It is not yet clear if this represents a new phylum or a Nitrososphaeria order, since the genome of "CandidatusCaldiarchaeum subterraneum" encodes several Nitrososphaeria-like features. [3] The name "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" comes from the Greek αυγή, avgí, meaning "dawn" or "aurora", for the intermediate features of hyperthermophilic and mesophilic life during the evolution of its lineage. [2] The prefix Aig was found to be a misspelling, and corrected to Aug, thereby the new name "Candidatus Augarchaeota". [4]
Phylogeny of Caldarchaeales [5] [6] [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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