Korarchaeota
Proposed phylum within the Archaea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scanning electron micrograph of the Obsidian Pool enrichment culture, showing Korarchaeota. | |
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Phylum: | "Korarchaeota" Barns et al. 1996 |
Class: | "Korarchaeia" Rinke et al. 2020[1] |
Order: | "Korarchaeales" Petitjean et al. 2015[2] |
Family: | "Korarchaeaceae" Rinke et al. 2020 |
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The Korarchaeota is a proposed phylum within the Archaea.[3] 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.[4] They are also known as Xenarchaeota. The name is equivalent to Candidatus Korarchaeota, and they go by the name Xenarchaeota or Xenarchaea as well.[5]