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

Harald Huber, Michael J Hohn, Karl O Stetter, Reinhard Rachel

Journal: Research in microbiology 2003;154(3):165-71

PMID: 12706504

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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.

Address: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00035-4

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MeSH Terms: Amino Acid Sequence, Archaea, Base Sequence, Desulfurococcaceae, Evolution, Molecular, Genome, Archaeal, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Archaeal, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Sequence Alignment