Korarchaeota

In taxonomy, the Korarchaeota are a phylum of the Archaea. The name is derived from the Greek noun koros or kore, meaning ‘‘young man’’ or ‘‘young woman,’’ and the Greek adjective archaios which means ‘‘ancient.’’ They are also known as Xenarchaeota.

Analysis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences suggests that they are a deeply branching lineage that does not belong to the main archaeal groups, Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota. Analysis of the genome of one korarchaeote that was enriched from a mixed culture revealed a number of both Crenarchaeota- and Euryarchaeota-like features and supports the hypothesis of a deep-branching ancestry.

Ecology

The Korarchaeota have only been found in high temperature hydrothermal environments. They appear to have diversified at different phylogenetic levels according to temperature, salinity (freshwater or seawater), and/or geography. Korarchaeota have been found in nature in only low abundance.

References

Further reading

Scientific journals

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Scientific books

Scientific databases

• PubMed references for Korarchaeota
• PubMed Central references for Korarchaeota
• Google Scholar references for Korarchaeota

External links

• NCBI taxonomy page for Korarchaeota
• Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Korarchaeota
• Search Species2000 page for Korarchaeota
• MicrobeWiki page for Korarchaeota
• LSPN page for Korarchaeota

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