thaumarchaea
thaumarchaea noun: any of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria, or the phylum as a whole.
Noun
thaumarchaea (countable and uncountable, plural thaumarchaea)
- Any 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 60
- 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, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- thaumarchaeote
Synonyms of thaumarchaea
Forms of thaumarchaea
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Questions about thaumarchaea
- What does thaumarchaea mean?
- Thaumarchaea means any of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria, or the phylum as a whole.
- What part of speech is thaumarchaea?
- Thaumarchaea is a noun.
- What is the plural of thaumarchaea?
- The plural of thaumarchaea is thaumarchaea.
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