Archaea

One of the three domains of life (the others being BACTERIA and Eukarya), formerly called Archaebacteria under the taxon Bacteria, but now considered separate and distinct. They are characterized by: (1) the presence of characteristic tRNAs and ribosomal RNAs; (2) the absence of peptidoglycan cell walls; (3) the presence of ether-linked lipids built from branched-chain subunits; and (4) their occurrence in unusual habitats. While archaea resemble bacteria in morphology and genomic organization, they resemble eukarya in their method of genomic replication. The domain contains at least four kingdoms: CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; NANOARCHAEOTA; and KORARCHAEOTA.

Year introduced: 1998(1981)

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Tree Number(s): B02

MeSH Unique ID: D001105

Registry Number: txid2157

Entry Terms:

• Archebacteria
• Archaeon
• Archaebacteria
• Archaeobacteria

Previous Indexing:

• Bacteria (1966-1980)

All MeSH Categories
Organisms Category
Archaea
Crenarchaeota
Desulfurococcales +
Sulfolobales +
Thermoproteales +
Euryarchaeota
Archaeoglobales +
Halobacteriales +
Methanobacteriales +
Methanococcales +
Methanomicrobiales +
Methanosarcinales +
Thermococcales +
Thermoplasmales +
Korarchaeota
Nanoarchaeota