Korarchaeota
E43240
Korarchaeota are a deeply branching, poorly understood lineage of Archaea typically found in high-temperature environments and known mainly from environmental DNA rather than cultivated representatives.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeal phylum
→
microbial lineage → |
| carbonSource |
likely heterotrophic or mixotrophic
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| cellType |
prokaryote
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| cellularity |
unicellular
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| cellWall |
archaeal cell envelope
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| cultivationStatus |
few or no stable laboratory cultures
→
poorly cultivated → |
| dataAvailability |
limited cultured representatives
→
primarily sequence-based records → |
| discoveryMethod |
16S rRNA gene surveys
→
environmental DNA sequencing → |
| distribution |
various geothermal regions worldwide
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| domain |
Archaea
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| energySource |
chemotrophic
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| environment |
high-temperature environments
→
hot springs → hydrothermal systems → marine hydrothermal vents → |
| firstDescriptionPeriod |
1990s
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| geneticDiversity |
high sequence divergence from other Archaea
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| genomeSource |
metagenome-assembled genomes
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single-cell amplified genomes → |
| habitat |
geothermal environments
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|
| importance |
key to understanding early archaeal evolution
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| isA |
deeply branching archaeal lineage
→
thermophilic archaeal group → |
| kingdom |
Archaea
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| knownFrom |
environmental DNA
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| lipidType |
ether-linked membrane lipids
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| metabolism |
anaerobic
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thermophilic → |
| nucleicAcidType |
DNA
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| oxygenRequirement |
often anaerobic or microaerophilic
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| phylogeneticMarker |
16S rRNA gene sequences
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| phylogeneticPosition |
deep-branching within Archaea
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| reproduction |
asexual reproduction
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| researchStatus |
known mainly from molecular data
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poorly understood → |
| rRNAType |
16S rRNA
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| studyField |
evolutionary microbiology
→
microbial ecology → |
| taxonomicRank |
phylum
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| temperaturePreference |
high temperature
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|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Archaea
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|
kingdomsIncluded |