Augarchaeota
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Thermoproteati |
| Phylum: | "Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 |
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"Augarchaeota" (previously "Aigarchaeota"[2] ) is an archaeal phylum of which the main representative is "Candidatus Caldiarchaeum subterraneum".[3] It is not yet clear if this represents a new phylum or a Nitrososphaeria class, since the genome of "Ca. Caldiarchaeum subterraneum" encodes several Nitrososphaeria-like features.[4] The name "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.[3] The prefix Aig was found to be a misspelling, and corrected to Aug, thereby the new name "Augarchaeota".[5]
Taxonomy
[edit ]"Ca. T. ruidianensis"
"Ca. T. tikiterensis"
"Ca. T. tengchongensis"
"Ca. T. yellowstonensis"
"Ca. G. dongiae"
"Ca. G. arthurdayi"
"Ca. G. huangii"
"Ca. Benthortus lauensis"
"Ca. W. sinensis"
"Ca. W. allenii"
"Ca. W. gerlachensis"
