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The phylum Nanoarchaeota: present knowledge and future perspectives of a unique form of life.

Research in microbiology ·Vol. 154 ·No. 3 ·2003-04-00 ·Pages 165-71

Huber H, Hohn MJ, Stetter KO, Rachel R

Abstract

The "Nanoarchaeota" are a novel archaeal phylum, forming a unique, deep branch in the 16S rRNA based phylogenetic tree of life. "Nanoarchaeum equitans", the first cultivated representative, is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic nano-sized coccus with a genome size of about 490 kb. Growth occurs only in coculture with a new chemolithoautotrophic Ignicoccus species.

MeSH Terms

Amino Acid Sequence Archaea/classification,physiology Base Sequence Desulfurococcaceae Evolution, Molecular Genome, Archaeal Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny RNA, Archaeal/genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Sequence Alignment

Chemicals

RNA, Archaeal RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Huber Harald

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany. harald.huber@biologie.uni-regensburg.de

Hohn Michael J

Stetter Karl O

Rachel Reinhard

Article Info

Journal

Research in microbiology

Abbr.

Res Microbiol

ISSN

0923-2508

DOI

10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00035-4

harald.huber@biologie.uni-regensburg.de

Published

2003-04-00

Pages

165-71

Language

English

Region

France

NLM ID

8907468

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00035-4 View journal details

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