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Archaea

A member of the kingdom Archaea; an archaebacterium.

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    A member of the kingdom Archaea; an archaebacterium.

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archeannounAlternative form of Archaean. [(geology) The eon from 2,500 Ma to 4,000 Ma.]
halophilicOf, or relating to a halophile; living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.
hyperthermophilicof or relating to a hyperthermophile; living and thriving in an extremely hot environment
methanogenicCapable of producing methane
thermophilic(biology) Of or relating to a thermophile; living and thriving at relatively high temperatures.
archaebacteriumnounAny primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
archaeonnounA prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea
archaeomenoun(biology) All the archaea (or their descendants) in an organism
thaumarchaeotanounThe archaea that are members of the phylum Thaumarchaeota.
dictyosteliuma genus of single- and multi-celled eukaryotic, phagotrophic bacterivores.
actinomycetotaThe (or Actinobacteria) a diverse phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content.
microbacteriumnounAny bacterium of the Microbacterium genus.
acidobacteriotaa phylum of Gram-negative bacteria.
nanoarchaeota(Greek, "dwarf or tiny ancient one") a proposed phylum (Candidatus Nanoarchaeota) in the domain ArchaeaSee the NCBI webpage on Nanoarchaeota.
nitrososphaera
excavataan extensive and diverse but paraphyletic group of unicellular Eukaryota.
chaosnounAny state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
actinomycesnounAny bacterium (species) of the genus Actinomyces.
cercozoa(now synonymised with Filosa) a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes.
lokiarchaeotaa proposed phylum of the Archaea.

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