DPANN superphylum
E758101
The DPANN superphylum is a diverse group of ultrasmall and often symbiotic or parasitic archaea with highly reduced genomes, found in a wide range of extreme and moderate environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DPANN superphylum canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeal superphylum
ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
host archaea
ⓘ
host bacteria ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Aenigmarchaeota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Altiarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Diapherotrites NERFINISHED ⓘ Huberarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Micrarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanoarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanohaloarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacearchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Parvarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Undinarchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ Woesearchaeota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
metagenomic sequencing
ⓘ
single-cell genomics ⓘ |
| foundIn |
acidic environments
ⓘ
extreme environments ⓘ groundwater ecosystems ⓘ hydrothermal environments ⓘ hypersaline environments ⓘ marine sediments ⓘ moderate environments ⓘ soil environments ⓘ |
| hasCellMorphology | very small coccoid cells ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
frequent host dependence
ⓘ
genome streamlining ⓘ highly reduced genomes ⓘ limited metabolic capabilities ⓘ often parasitic lifestyle ⓘ often symbiotic lifestyle ⓘ small cell volume ⓘ ultrasmall cell size ⓘ |
| hasDiversity | high phylogenetic diversity despite small genomes ⓘ |
| hasGenomeSize | typically less than 1.5 megabases ⓘ |
| hasMetabolism |
often depends on hosts for amino acids
ⓘ
often depends on hosts for lipids ⓘ often depends on hosts for nucleotides ⓘ often lacks complete biosynthetic pathways ⓘ |
| hasPhylogeneticPosition | deep-branching within Archaea ⓘ |
| implicatedIn |
early evolution of Archaea
ⓘ
symbiosis evolution ⓘ |
| kingdom | Archaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
evolutionary microbiology
ⓘ
microbial ecology ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superphylum ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.