thaumarchaeote

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Noun

thaumarchaeote (plural thaumarchaeotes)

  1. Any archaeon of the phylum Thaumarchaeotaws.
    Synonym: thaumarchaea
    • 2012, Mikel A. Becerro, Advances in Sponge Science, page 316:
      The presence of thaumarchaeotes in sponges was first established in Axinella mexicana where Cenarchaeum symbiosum comprises 65% of the microbial biomass (Preston et al., 1996).

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