Thaumarchaeota

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “wonder”) +‎ Archaea +‎ -ota. === Proper noun === Thaumarchaeota Chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidizers that may play important roles in biogeochemical cycles, such as the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Archaea. A taxonomic class within the phylum Crenarchaeota. ==== Synonyms ==== (phylum): Thaumarchaea, Nitrosphaerota ==== Hypernyms ==== (phylum): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Archaea – superkingdom; Crenarchaeota – phylum ==== Hyponyms ==== (phylum): Cenarchaeales, Nitrosocaldales, Nitrosopumilales - orders (class): Cenarchaeales - order === References === Thaumarchaeota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Thaumarchaeota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Archaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Archaea at the Tree of Life Web Project Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI Brochier-Armanet, C. et al. (2008), “Mesophilic crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota”, in Nature Reviews Microbiology, volume 6, →DOI, pages 245–252