Etymology:
Cren.arch.ae.o’ta. Gr. fem. n.krênê, spring, fount; Gr. masc. adj.archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n.Crenarchaeota, Archaea resembling their source [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]
Original publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Crenarchaeota Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this subphylum.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the order Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982 to this subphylum.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
The type order of this subphylum has alternatively been placed in the subphylum "Sulfobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1986) Cavalier-Smith 1998.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Creanarchaeota"; "Crearchaeota"; "Crenarahaeota"; "Crenarcluuota"; "Crenarrhaeota"; "Crenarthaeota"; "Crenoarchaeota"; "Crmarchaeota".
This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Crenarchaeote".
The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
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