Euryarchaeota
Translingual
Etymology
eury- + Archaea + -ota, from Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús, “broad”) + ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old”) + -otes (“quality”);
Proper noun
Euryarchaeota
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea – many extremophile bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Archaea - superkingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Archeoglobi, Halobacteria, Methanobacteria, Methanococci, Methanomicrobia, (provisional), Methanopyri, Nanohaloarchaea (provisional), Thermococci, Thermoplasmata - classes
References
Euryarchaeota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Euryarchaeota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Euryarchaeota at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Euryarchaeota at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (Margulis & Schwartz) →ISBN
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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