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.

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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

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TACK superphylum relatedTo DPANN superphylum