Candidatus Thorarchaeota
| "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Promethearchaeati |
| Phylum: | corrig. Seitz et al., 2016 |
"Candidatus Thorarchaeota" is a phylum within the kingdom Promethearchaeati. The kingdom Promethearchaeati represents the closest prokaryotic relatives of eukaryotes. Since there is such a close relation between the two different domains, it provides further evidence to the two-domain tree of life theory which states that eukaryotes branched from the archaeal domain. Kingdom Promethearchaeati are single cell marine microbes that contain branch-like appendages and have genes that are similar to Eukarya.[1][2] The kingdom Promethearchaeati is composed of "Candidatus Thorarchaeota", Promethearchaeota, "Candidatus Odinarchaeota", and "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota".[3][2] "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" were first identified from the sulfate-methane transition zone in tidewater sediments. "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" are widely distributed in marine and freshwater sediments.
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