Thaumarchaeota

E42438
archaeal phylum

Thaumarchaeota are a phylum of Archaea known primarily for their role in ammonia oxidation and global nitrogen cycling in diverse environments.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Thaumarchaeota canonical 3
Nitrososphaerales 2
Cenarchaeales 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeal phylum ⓘ
abundance among most abundant microorganisms in the ocean ⓘ
major component of marine picoplankton ⓘ
carbonSource CO2 ⓘ
cellType prokaryotic ⓘ
cellWallComponent pseudopeptidoglycan (in some members) ⓘ
contains Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cenarchaeales

Nitrosopumilales ⓘ
Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nitrososphaerales

Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nitrosotaleales
distinguishedBy adaptation to low ammonia concentrations ⓘ
ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) genes of archaeal type ⓘ
domain Archaea ⓘ
ecologicalRole ammonia-oxidizing archaea ⓘ
energySource ammonia ⓘ
firstDescribedAs distinct archaeal lineage based on 16S rRNA phylogeny ⓘ
foundIn coastal waters ⓘ
deep ocean ⓘ
epipelagic zone ⓘ
freshwater environments ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ
mesopelagic zone ⓘ
oligotrophic environments ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ
polar oceans ⓘ
sediments ⓘ
soils ⓘ
terrestrial subsurface ⓘ
genomeType circular double-stranded DNA ⓘ
hasRepresentativeGenus Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cenarchaeum

Nitrosopumilus ⓘ
Nitrososphaera ⓘ
hasTemperatureRange psychrophilic to thermophilic members ⓘ
influences marine primary productivity via nitrogen availability ⓘ
soil fertility via nitrification ⓘ
kingdom Archaea ⓘ
knownFor ammonia oxidation ⓘ
role in global nitrogen cycle ⓘ
metabolismType chemolithoautotrophic ⓘ
oxidizes ammonia (NH3) ⓘ
ammonium (NH4+) ⓘ
oxygenRequirement aerobic (for most described members) ⓘ
participatesIn marine nitrogen cycle ⓘ
nitrification ⓘ
soil nitrogen cycle ⓘ
produces nitrite (NO2-) ⓘ
relatedTo Crenarchaeota (historically grouped within Crenarchaeota) ⓘ
taxonRank phylum ⓘ
trophicType autotrophic ⓘ
mixotrophic (in some members) ⓘ
typeSpecies Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nitrosopumilus maritimus (for marine AOA clade)

Referenced by (10)

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

Archaea → kingdomsIncluded → Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
Euryarchaeota → distinguishedFrom → Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
Thaumarchaeota → contains → Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nitrososphaerales
Thaumarchaeota → contains → Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cenarchaeales
Thaumarchaeota → contains → Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nitrosotaleales
Thaumarchaeota → typeSpecies → Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nitrosopumilus maritimus (for marine AOA clade)
Thaumarchaeota → hasRepresentativeGenus → Thaumarchaeota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cenarchaeum
TACK superphylum → includesTaxon → Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
TACK superphylum → acronymFor → Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thaumarchaeota Aigarchaeota Crenarchaeota Korarchaeota
Nitrososphaera → order → Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nitrososphaerales