Korarchaeota Flashcards
1
Q
the only characterized korarachaeota
A
K.cryptofilum
2
Q
cryptofilum means
A
“secret filament of youth”
3
Q
cyrptofilum discovered from
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obsidian pool in yellowstone national park
4
Q
cryptofilum
oxy req
chemo organo
temp
A
obligate anaerobe
chemoorganotroph
85
5
Q
their filaments have
A
tough paracyrstalline S-layer
6
Q
cryptofilum
respiration
lifestyle
A
anaerobic respiration
fermentative lifestyle
7
Q
laxk core genes that synthesizes
A
purines coenzyme A
8
Q
dependence with other microbial communities that’s why they are hard to isolate
A
9
Q
TACK SUPERPHYLUM
A
- thaumarchaeota
- Aigaarchaeota
- Crenarchaeota
- Konarchaeota