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nounthaumarchaeote (plural thaumarchaeotes)
plural thaumarchaeotes
- Any of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria.
The presence of thaumarchaeotes in sponges was first established in Axinella mexicana where Cenarchaeum symbiosum comprises 65% of the microbial biomass (Preston et al., 1996).
2012, Mikel A. Becerro, Advances in Sponge Science, page 316Synonyms: thaumarchaea
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nounAny of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria.
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