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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Thermoproteati |
| Phylum: | "Augarchaeota" corrig. Nunoura et al. 2011 |
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"Augarchaeota" (previously"Aigarchaeota"[2]) is anarchaeal phylum of which the main representative is "Candidatus Caldiarchaeum subterraneum".[3] It is not yet clear if this represents a new phylum or aNitrososphaeria class, since the genome of "Ca. Caldiarchaeum subterraneum" encodes severalNitrososphaeria-like features.[4] The name "Aigarchaeota" comes from theGreekαυγή,avgí, meaning "dawn" or "aurora", for the intermediate features of hyperthermophilic and mesophilic life during the evolution of its lineage.[3] The prefixAig was found to be a misspelling, and corrected toAug, thereby the new name "Augarchaeota".[5]
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