Thaumarchaeota

See also: thaumarchaeota

Translingual
Competing hypotheses about relationships of groups in Archaea, including Thaumarcheota

Etymology

In part, from Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Thaumarchaeota

  1. Chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizers that may play important roles in biogeochemical cycles, such as the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea.
    2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Crenarchaeota.

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