"Archaea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B02
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| Concept/Terms |
Archaea- Archaea
- Archaeobacteria
- Archebacteria
- Archaebacteria
- Archaeon
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Archaea" by people in Profiles.
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Functional and evolutionary significance of unknown genes from uncultivated taxa. Nature. 2024 Feb; 626(7998):377-384.
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The biotechnological potential of microbial communities from Antarctic soils and sediments: Application to low temperature biogenic methane production. J Biotechnol. 2022 Jun 10; 351:38-49.
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EasyMAP: A user-friendly online platform for analyzing 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing data. N Biotechnol. 2021 Jul 25; 63:37-44.
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Back to the Source: Molecular Identification of Methanogenic Archaea as Markers of Colonic Methane Production. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 11; 66(11):3661-3664.
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Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring. Water Res. 2021 Mar 01; 191:116767.
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Poorly known microbial taxa dominate the microbiome of hypersaline Sambhar Lake salterns in India. Extremophiles. 2020 Nov; 24(6):875-885.
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Compositional shifts in root-associated bacterial and archaeal microbiota track the plant life cycle in field-grown rice. PLoS Biol. 2018 02; 16(2):e2003862.
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Time of day and eating behaviors are associated with the composition and function of the human gastrointestinal microbiota. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Nov; 106(5):1220-1231.
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Microbial taxonomy in the era of OMICS: application of DNA sequences, computational tools and techniques. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2017 Oct; 110(10):1357-1371.
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Diel Rhythm Does Not Shape the Vertical Distribution of Bacterial and Archaeal 16S rRNA Transcript Diversity in Intertidal Sediments: a Mesocosm Study. Microb Ecol. 2018 Feb; 75(2):364-374.