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Nanoarchaeota
Phylum of archaea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nanoarchaeota (Greek, "dwarf or tiny ancient one") is a proposed phylum (Candidatus Nanoarchaeota) in the domain Archaea[1] that currently has only one representative, Nanoarchaeum equitans, which was discovered in a submarine hydrothermal vent and first described in 2002.[2]
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Nanoarcheotum Nanopusillus acidilobi attached to Acidilobus. | |
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Domain: | Archaea |
Superphylum: | DPANN Huber et al. 2002 |
Phylum: | Nanoarchaeota Huber et al. 2002 |
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