39-531: DPANN is a superphylum of Archaea first proposed in 2013. Many members show novel signs of horizontal gene transfer from other domains of life . They are known as nanoarchaea or ultra-small archaea due to their smaller size (nanometric) compared to other archaea. DPANN is an acronym formed by the initials of the first five groups discovered, Diapherotrites , Parvarchaeota , Aenigmarchaeota , Nanoarchaeota and Nanohaloarchaeota . Later Woesearchaeota and Pacearchaeota were discovered and proposed within
78-484: A phylum ( / ˈ f aɪ l əm / ; pl. : phyla ) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class . Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepts the terms as equivalent. Depending on definitions, the animal kingdom Animalia contains about 31 phyla,
117-556: A certain degree of morphological or developmental similarity (the phenetic definition), or a group of organisms with a certain degree of evolutionary relatedness (the phylogenetic definition). Attempting to define a level of the Linnean hierarchy without referring to (evolutionary) relatedness is unsatisfactory, but a phenetic definition is useful when addressing questions of a morphological nature—such as how successful different body plans were. The most important objective measure in
156-407: A character unique to a sub-set of the crown group. Furthermore, organisms in the stem group of a phylum can possess the "body plan" of the phylum without all the characteristics necessary to fall within it. This weakens the idea that each of the phyla represents a distinct body plan. A classification using this definition may be strongly affected by the chance survival of rare groups, which can make
195-408: A diameter of approximately 400 nm , and have a very short and compact DNA sequence with the entire genome containing only 490,885 base pairs . While they have the genetic code to carry out processing and repair, they cannot carry out certain biosynthetic and metabolic processes such as lipid, amino-acid, cofactor , or nucleotide synthesis. Due to its limited machinery, it is an obligate parasite,
234-569: A free life, although many are thought to be episymbionts that depend on a symbiotic or parasitic association with other organisms. Many of their characteristics are similar or analogous to those of ultra-small bacteria (CPR group). Limited metabolic capacities are a product of the small genome and are reflected in the fact that many lack central biosynthetic pathways for nucleotides , aminoacids , and lipids ; hence most DPANN archaea, such as ARMAN archaea , which rely on other microbes to meet their biological requirements. But those that have
273-402: A group ("a self-contained unity"): "perhaps such a real and completely self-contained unity is the aggregate of all species which have gradually evolved from one and the same common original form, as, for example, all vertebrates. We name this aggregate [a] Stamm [i.e., stock] ( Phylon )." In plant taxonomy , August W. Eichler (1883) classified plants into five groups named divisions,
312-602: A group containing Viridiplantae and the algal Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta divisions. The definition and classification of plants at the division level also varies from source to source, and has changed progressively in recent years. Thus some sources place horsetails in division Arthrophyta and ferns in division Monilophyta, while others place them both in Monilophyta, as shown below. The division Pinophyta may be used for all gymnosperms (i.e. including cycads, ginkgos and gnetophytes), or for conifers alone as below. Since
351-400: A phylum based on body plan has been proposed by paleontologists Graham Budd and Sören Jensen (as Haeckel had done a century earlier). The definition was posited because extinct organisms are hardest to classify: they can be offshoots that diverged from a phylum's line before the characters that define the modern phylum were all acquired. By Budd and Jensen's definition, a phylum is defined by
390-471: A phylum much more diverse than it would be otherwise. Total numbers are estimates; figures from different authors vary wildly, not least because some are based on described species, some on extrapolations to numbers of undescribed species. For instance, around 25,000–27,000 species of nematodes have been described, while published estimates of the total number of nematode species include 10,000–20,000; 500,000; 10 million; and 100 million. The kingdom Plantae
429-706: A phylum, other phylum-level ranks appear, such as the case of Bacillariophyta (diatoms) within Ochrophyta . These differences became irrelevant after the adoption of a cladistic approach by the ISP, where taxonomic ranks are excluded from the classifications after being considered superfluous and unstable. Many authors prefer this usage, which lead to the Chromista-Protozoa scheme becoming obsolete. Currently there are 40 bacterial phyla (not including " Cyanobacteria ") that have been validly published according to
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#1732798348410468-401: A set of characters shared by all its living representatives. This approach brings some small problems—for instance, ancestral characters common to most members of a phylum may have been lost by some members. Also, this definition is based on an arbitrary point of time: the present. However, as it is character based, it is easy to apply to the fossil record. A greater problem is that it relies on
507-401: A subjective decision about which groups of organisms should be considered as phyla. The approach is useful because it makes it easy to classify extinct organisms as " stem groups " to the phyla with which they bear the most resemblance, based only on the taxonomically important similarities. However, proving that a fossil belongs to the crown group of a phylum is difficult, as it must display
546-424: A term that remains in use today for groups of plants, algae and fungi. The definitions of zoological phyla have changed from their origins in the six Linnaean classes and the four embranchements of Georges Cuvier . Informally, phyla can be thought of as groupings of organisms based on general specialization of body plan . At its most basic, a phylum can be defined in two ways: as a group of organisms with
585-470: Is polyphyletic occupying various positions within Euryarchaeota. The DPANN groups together different phyla with a variety of environmental distribution and metabolism, ranging from symbiotic and thermophilic forms such as Nanoarchaeota , acidophiles like Parvarchaeota and non-extremophiles like Aenigmarchaeota and Diapherotrites . DPANN was also detected in nitrate -rich groundwater , on
624-474: Is a paraphyletic taxon, which is less acceptable to present-day biologists than in the past. Proposals have been made to divide it among several new kingdoms, such as Protozoa and Chromista in the Cavalier-Smith system . Protist taxonomy has long been unstable, with different approaches and definitions resulting in many competing classification schemes. Many of the phyla listed below are used by
663-750: Is also debated whether the phylum Altiarchaeota should be classified in DPANN or Euryarchaeota. An alternative location for DPANN in the phylogenetic tree is as follows. The groups marked in quotes are lineages assigned to DPANN, but phylogenetically separated from the rest. Bacteria Thermococci Hadesarchaea Methanobacteria Methanopyri Methanococci Thermoplasmata Archaeoglobi Methanomicrobia " Nanohaloarchaeota " Haloarchaea " Altarchaeota " Diapherotrites Micrarchaeota Undinarchaeota Aenigmatarchaeota Nanoarchaeota Parvarchaeota Mamarchaeota Pacearchaeota Woesearchaeota Superphylum In biology ,
702-671: Is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). " Ca. Tiddalikarchaeum anstoanum " " Ca. Acidifodinimicrobium mancum " " Ca. P. acidiphilum" " Ca. P. paracidiphilum" "Pacearchaeales" "Woesearchaeales" " Nanoarchaeum equitans " " Ca. Nanoclepta minuta " Nanobdella aerobiophila " Ca. N. acidilobi" " Ca. N. stetteri" Cells of N. equitans are spherical with
741-467: Is compatible with a host dependent lifestyle. Certain nanaoarchaeotes still have genes for the CRISPR-Cas systems, archaeal flagella , and the gluconeogenesis pathway. Nanoarchaeotes are obligate symbionts that grow attached to an archaeal host known as Ignicoccus . Both terrestrial hot springs and underwater hydrothermal vents have yielded isolates in the genus Nanoarchaeum . However, there
780-405: Is defined in various ways by different biologists (see Current definitions of Plantae ). All definitions include the living embryophytes (land plants), to which may be added the two green algae divisions, Chlorophyta and Charophyta , to form the clade Viridiplantae . The table below follows the influential (though contentious) Cavalier-Smith system in equating "Plantae" with Archaeplastida ,
819-534: Is evidence that nanoarcheotes reside in a variety of habitats outside of marine thermal vents. Genetic evidence for members of the Nanoarchaeota has been discovered to be pervasive in terrestrial hot springs and mesophilic hypersaline habitats using primers created based on the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of Nanoarchaeum equitans . In addition, the discovery of ribosomal sequences in photic-zone water samples taken distant from hydrothermal vents raises
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#1732798348410858-481: Is generally included in kingdom Fungi, though its exact relations remain uncertain, and it is considered a protozoan by the International Society of Protistologists (see Protista , below). Molecular analysis of Zygomycota has found it to be polyphyletic (its members do not share an immediate ancestor), which is considered undesirable by many biologists. Accordingly, there is a proposal to abolish
897-651: The Bacteriological Code Currently there are 2 phyla that have been validly published according to the Bacteriological Code Other phyla that have been proposed, but not validly named, include: Nanoarchaeota Nanoarchaeota (Greek, "dwarf or tiny ancient one") is a proposed phylum ( Candidatus Nanoarchaeota) in the domain Archaea that currently has only one representative, Nanoarchaeum equitans , which
936-565: The Catalogue of Life , and correspond to the Protozoa-Chromista scheme, with updates from the latest (2022) publication by Cavalier-Smith . Other phyla are used commonly by other authors, and are adapted from the system used by the International Society of Protistologists (ISP). Some of the descriptions are based on the 2019 revision of eukaryotes by the ISP. The number of protist phyla varies greatly from one classification to
975-469: The DPANN superphylum. In 2017, another phylum Altiarchaeota was placed into this superphylum. The monophyly of DPANN is not yet considered established, due to the high mutation rate of the included phyla, which can lead to the artifact of the long branch attraction (LBA) where the lineages are grouped basally or artificially at the base of the phylogenetic tree without being related. These analyzes instead suggest that DPANN belongs to Euryarchaeota or
1014-447: The Nanoarchaeota is anchored by its only cultured representative, Nanoarchaeum equitans , which clusters in a separate evolutionary group than other archaea, which have recently been reclassified. Further analysis has shown that N. equitans diverged early on in the evolution of Archaea, as indicated by the 16S rRNA sequence. This suggests that they occupy a deeply branching position within this group. The currently accepted taxonomy
1053-497: The Zygomycota phylum. Its members would be divided between phylum Glomeromycota and four new subphyla incertae sedis (of uncertain placement): Entomophthoromycotina , Kickxellomycotina , Mucoromycotina , and Zoopagomycotina . Kingdom Protista (or Protoctista) is included in the traditional five- or six-kingdom model, where it can be defined as containing all eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungi. Protista
1092-458: The above definitions is the "certain degree" that defines how different organisms need to be members of different phyla. The minimal requirement is that all organisms in a phylum should be clearly more closely related to one another than to any other group. Even this is problematic because the requirement depends on knowledge of organisms' relationships: as more data become available, particularly from molecular studies, we are better able to determine
1131-507: The first publication of the APG system in 1998, which proposed a classification of angiosperms up to the level of orders , many sources have preferred to treat ranks higher than orders as informal clades. Where formal ranks have been provided, the traditional divisions listed below have been reduced to a very much lower level, e.g. subclasses . Wolf plants Hepatophyta Liver plants Coniferophyta Cone-bearing plant Phylum Microsporidia
1170-560: The following phylogeny between phyla. Bacteria Altarchaeota Diapherotrites Micrarchaeota Undinarchaeota Aenigmatarchaeota Nanohaloarchaeota Nanoarchaeota Parvarchaeota Mamarchaeota Pacearchaeota Woesearchaeota Euryarchaeota TACK Lokiarchaeota Odinarchaeota Thorarchaeota Heimdallarchaeota Eukaryota Other phylogenetic analyzes have suggested that DPANN could belong to Euryarchaeota or that it may even be polyphyletic occupying different positions within Euryarchaeota. It
1209-411: The next. The Catalogue of Life includes Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta in kingdom Plantae, but other systems consider these phyla part of Protista. In addition, less popular classification schemes unite Ochrophyta and Pseudofungi under one phylum, Gyrista , and all alveolates except ciliates in one phylum Myzozoa , later lowered in rank and included in a paraphyletic phylum Miozoa . Even within
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1248-537: The only one known in the Archaea. Because of their unusual ss rRNA sequences, they are difficult to detect using standard polymerase chain reaction methods. Cells of N. equitans contain a normal S-layer with sixfold symmetry with a 15 nm lattice constant. Small cells between 100 and 400 nm in diameter and highly streamlined genomes of 0.491-0.606 Mbp characterize nanoarchaeotes. The genomes of described nanoarchaeotes demonstrate different degrees of reduction, which
1287-539: The other hand, the highly parasitic phylum Mesozoa was divided into two phyla ( Orthonectida and Rhombozoa ) when it was discovered the Orthonectida are probably deuterostomes and the Rhombozoa protostomes . This changeability of phyla has led some biologists to call for the concept of a phylum to be abandoned in favour of placing taxa in clades without any formal ranking of group size. A definition of
1326-640: The plant kingdom Plantae contains about 14 phyla, and the fungus kingdom Fungi contains about 8 phyla. Current research in phylogenetics is uncovering the relationships among phyla within larger clades like Ecdysozoa and Embryophyta . The term phylum was coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel from the Greek phylon ( φῦλον , "race, stock"), related to phyle ( φυλή , "tribe, clan"). Haeckel noted that species constantly evolved into new species that seemed to retain few consistent features among themselves and therefore few features that distinguished them as
1365-422: The possibility that Nanoarchaeota are an ubiquitous and diversified group of Archaea that can live in habitats with a variety of temperatures and geochemical settings. Although much of the metabolism of members of the Nanoarchaeota is unknown, its host is an autotroph that grows on elemental sulphur as an electron acceptor and H 2 as an electron donor . The majority of recognized metabolic processes, such as
1404-507: The potential to live freely are fermentative and aerobic heterotrophs . They are mostly anaerobic and have not been cultivated. They live in extreme environments such as thermophilic, hyperacidophilic, hyperhalophilic or metal-resistant; or also in the temperate environment of marine and lake sediments . They are rarely found on the ground or in the open ocean. DPANN may be the first divergent clade of archaea according to some phylogenetic analyses. Recent phylogenetic analyses have found
1443-475: The relationships between groups. So phyla can be merged or split if it becomes apparent that they are related to one another or not. For example, the bearded worms were described as a new phylum (the Pogonophora) in the middle of the 20th century, but molecular work almost half a century later found them to be a group of annelids , so the phyla were merged (the bearded worms are now an annelid family ). On
1482-463: The water surface but not below, indicating that these taxa are still quite difficult to locate. Since the recognition of the kingdom rank by the ICNP , the proposed name for this group is kingdom Nanobdellati . They are characterized by being small in size compared to other archaea (nanometric size) and in keeping with their small genome , they have limited but sufficient catabolic capacities to lead
1521-429: Was discovered in a submarine hydrothermal vent and first described in 2002. Members of the Nanoarchaeota are associated with different host organisms and environmental conditions. Despite small size, a reduced genome and limited respiration, members of the Nanoarchaeota have unusual metabolic features. For example, N. equitans has a complex and highly developed intercellular communication system. The phylogeny of
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