Crenarchaeota

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “well, spring, fountain”) + ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old”) + -otes (“quality”) (Specimens were originally isolated from geothermally heated sulfuric springs in Italy.)

Proper noun

Crenarchaeota

  1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea – many bacteria-like organisms, some of which are extremophiles.
  2. (in italics: Crenarchaeota) A taxonomic class within the phylum Crenarchaeota – Thermoprotei.

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