Proteoarchaeota

Proteoarchaeota
Archaea Sulfolobus infected with specific virus STSV-1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Proteoarchaeota
Petitjean et al. 2014
Superphyla and phyla[1]
Synonyms
  • Crenarchaeida Luketa 2012
  • Crenarchaeota Woese, Kandler & Wheelis 1990

"Proteoarchaeota" are a proposed archaeal kingdom thought to be closely related and possibly ancestral to the Eukaryotes.[2][3][a]

  1. ^ Castelle, C.J.; Banfield, J.F. (2018). "Major New Microbial Groups Expand Diversity and Alter our Understanding of the Tree of Life". Cell. 172 (6): 1181–1197. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.016. PMID 29522741.
  2. ^ Petitjean, C.; Deschamps, P.; López-García, P.; Moreira, D. (2014). "Rooting the domain Archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota". Genome Biol. Evol. 7 (1): 191–204. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu274. PMC 4316627. PMID 25527841.
  3. ^ Eugene V. Koonin (2015). "Archaeal ancestors of Eukaryotes: Not so elusive any more". BMC Biology. 13 (1): 84. doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0194-5. PMC 4594999. PMID 26437773.


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