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  • proper noun A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea — many bacteria-like organisms, some of which are extremophiles.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek  (krene, "spring") +  (archae, "old") + -otes ("quality")

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  • Their model is based on a type of virus in the archaeal kingdom called Crenarchaeota, which thrives in extremely hot, acidic environments like those found on the bottom of the ocean, where the viruses infiltrate hosts called acidophilic hyperthermophiles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Their model is based on a type of virus in the archaeal kingdom called Crenarchaeota, which thrives in extremely hot, acidic environments like those found on the bottom of the ocean, where the viruses infiltrate hosts called acidophilic hyperthermophiles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Their model is based on a type of virus in the archaeal kingdom called Crenarchaeota, which thrives in extremely hot, acidic environments like those found on the bottom of the ocean, where the viruses infiltrate hosts called acidophilic hyperthermophiles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • These support a history of mainly vertical inheritance for the components of this unique motility system, and an interesting possible ancient horizontal gene transfer event HGT of a whole flagellum-coding gene cluster between Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota.

    Current Biology on flagellum evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Fossils of dead plankton that layer on the ocean floor is used to gauge temperatures from the past, based on the chemical changes of Crenarchaeota, a primitive phylum of microbe.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ebrianson 2009

  • Fossils of dead plankton that layer on the ocean floor is used to gauge temperatures from the past, based on the chemical changes of Crenarchaeota, a primitive phylum of microbe.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ebrianson 2009

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