Crenarchaeota

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archaeal phylum phylum

Crenarchaeota is a major phylum of Archaea that includes many thermophilic and chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms commonly found in extreme environments such as hot springs and deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Desulfurococcales	2
Acidilobales	1
Sulfolobales	1
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius	1
Thermoproteales	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeal phylum ⓘ phylum ⓘ
carbonSource	carbon dioxide ⓘ
cellMembrane	ether-linked isoprenoid lipids ⓘ
cellShape	coccus (in many species) ⓘ rod-shaped (in many species) ⓘ
cellWall	S-layer ⓘ
discoveredIn	20th century ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Euryarchaeota ⓘ
domain	Archaea ⓘ
ecologicalRole	nitrogen cycling (in some lineages) ⓘ primary production in extreme environments ⓘ sulfur cycling ⓘ
energySource	oxidation of hydrogen ⓘ oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds ⓘ
genomeType	circular DNA ⓘ
habitat	deep-sea hydrothermal vents ⓘ freshwater environments ⓘ geothermal soils ⓘ hot springs ⓘ marine environments ⓘ soil ⓘ submarine volcanoes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	acidophilic (in many species) ⓘ chemolithoautotrophic ⓘ extremophilic ⓘ thermophilic ⓘ
hasRepresentative	Ignicoccus hospitalis ⓘ Pyrobaculum aerophilum ⓘ Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Sulfolobus solfataricus ⓘ Thermoproteus tenax ⓘ
hasSubtaxon	Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acidilobales Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Desulfurococcales Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sulfolobales Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thermoproteales
isPartOf	Archaea ⓘ TACK superphylum ⓘ
kingdom	Archaea ⓘ
metabolism	aerobic respiration (in many species) ⓘ anaerobic respiration (in some species) ⓘ chemolithoautotrophy ⓘ
oxygenRequirement	aerobic (many species) ⓘ anaerobic (some species) ⓘ
reproduction	asexual reproduction ⓘ binary fission ⓘ
ribosomalRNAType	distinct archaeal 16S rRNA sequences ⓘ
superphylum	TACK superphylum ⓘ
taxonRank	phylum ⓘ
temperatureRange	often above 70 °C for thermophilic species ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euryarchaeota → distinguishedFrom → Crenarchaeota ⓘ

Crenarchaeota → hasRepresentative → Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Crenarchaeota → hasSubtaxon → Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sulfolobales

Crenarchaeota → hasSubtaxon → Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desulfurococcales

Crenarchaeota → hasSubtaxon → Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thermoproteales

Crenarchaeota → hasSubtaxon → Crenarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acidilobales

Nanoarchaeota → hostAssociation → Crenarchaeota ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desulfurococcales

Archaea → kingdomsIncluded → Crenarchaeota ⓘ