Meanings
- countableuncountableAny of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria, or the phylum as a whole.
Archaea that contain these genes are now placed within a separate phylogenetic group, the thaumarchaea.
2014, Eldor Paul, Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, page 602 more examples
Three exceptions to the bacterial dominance are noteworthy, having increased with the upwelling: Nitrosopumilus maritimus, a thaumarchaea; Thalassiosira pseudonana, a centric diatom; and Ostreococcus lucimarinus, a picoeukaryote (Fig 3, S2 Table).
2015 September 2, “Insights into the Microbial and Viral Dynamics of a Coastal Downwelling-Upwelling Transition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOIPrevious studies have suggested that, like all microbes, thaumarchaea are infected by viruses and that viral predation has a profound impact on thaumarchaeal functioning and mortality, thereby regulating global biogeochemical cycles.
2019, JG Kim, “Spindle-shaped viruses infect marine ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaea”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)Synonyms: thaumarchaeote
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria, or the phylum as a whole.
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