Crenarchaeota
| Medical Definition: |
A kingdom in the domain ARCHAEA comprised of thermoacidophilic, sulfur-dependent organisms. The two orders are SULFOLOBALES and THERMOPROTEALES. |
| Guide Notes: |
a kingdom of the domain Archaea |
| Previously Indexed: |
Archaea (1990-1997) |
Crenarchaeota Categories.
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Desulfurococcales - An order of CRENARCHAEOTA comprised of irregular coccoid to disc-shaped, hyperthermophiles, and found in submarine hydrothermal systems and solfataric hot springs. |
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Sulfolobales - An order of CRENARCHAEOTA consisting of aerobic or facultatively aerobic, chemolithotrophic cocci which are extreme thermoacidophiles. They lack peptidoglycan in their cell walls. |
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Thermoproteales - An order of CRENARCHAEOTA comprised of rod, disc, or spherical shaped, nonseptate, anaerobic, extreme thermophiles and found in solfataric hot waters, mud holes, and superheated submarine environments. |
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