Proteoarchaeota

Proteoarchaeota
	Archaea Sulfolobus infected with specific virus STSV-1
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Proteoarchaeota; Petitjean et al. 2014
Superphyla and phyla
	TACK superphylum "Aigarchaeota"; "Bathyarchaeota"; Thermoproteota; "Geoarchaeota"; "Korarchaeota"; Nitrososphaerota; "Verstraetearchaeota"; ; Asgard superphylum "Heimdallarchaeota" Eukaryota?; ; "Lokiarchaeota"; "Odinarchaeota"; "Thorarchaeota"; ;
Synonyms
	Crenarchaeida Luketa 2012; Crenarchaeota Woese, Kandler & Wheelis 1990;

"Proteoarchaeota" are a proposed archaeal kingdom thought to be closely related and possibly ancestral to the Eukaryotes.^[2]^[3]^[a]

^ Castelle, C.J.; Banfield, J.F. (2018). "Major New Microbial Groups Expand Diversity and Alter our Understanding of the Tree of Life". Cell. 172 (6): 1181–1197. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.016. PMID 29522741.
^ Petitjean, C.; Deschamps, P.; López-García, P.; Moreira, D. (2014). "Rooting the domain Archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota". Genome Biol. Evol. 7 (1): 191–204. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu274. PMC 4316627. PMID 25527841.
^ Eugene V. Koonin (2015). "Archaeal ancestors of Eukaryotes: Not so elusive any more". BMC Biology. 13 (1): 84. doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0194-5. PMC 4594999. PMID 26437773.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

[1] Castelle, C.J.; Banfield, J.F. (2018). "Major New Microbial Groups Expand Diversity and Alter our Understanding of the Tree of Life". Cell. 172 (6): 1181–1197. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.016. PMID 29522741.

[2] Petitjean, C.; Deschamps, P.; López-García, P.; Moreira, D. (2014). "Rooting the domain Archaea by phylogenomic analysis supports the foundation of the new kingdom Proteoarchaeota". Genome Biol. Evol. 7 (1): 191–204. doi:10.1093/gbe/evu274. PMC 4316627. PMID 25527841.

[3] Eugene V. Koonin (2015). "Archaeal ancestors of Eukaryotes: Not so elusive any more". BMC Biology. 13 (1): 84. doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0194-5. PMC 4594999. PMID 26437773.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

Proteoarchaeota

Archaea Sulfolobus infected with specific virus STSV-1
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Proteoarchaeota Petitjean et al. 2014
Superphyla and phyla^[1]
TACK superphylum "Aigarchaeota" "Bathyarchaeota" Thermoproteota "Geoarchaeota" "Korarchaeota" Nitrososphaerota "Verstraetearchaeota" Asgard superphylum "Heimdallarchaeota" Eukaryota? "Lokiarchaeota" "Odinarchaeota" "Thorarchaeota"
Synonyms
Crenarchaeida Luketa 2012 Crenarchaeota Woese, Kandler & Wheelis 1990