Aquificae

Translingual

Etymology

Aquifex +‎ -ae

Proper noun

Aquificae

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – bacteria that live in hot springs and thermal ocean vents etc., now Aquificota.
2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Aquificota.

Synonyms

• (phylum): Aquificota

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - infrakingdom; Aquificota - phylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Aquificae - sole class
  • (class): Aquificales - sole order

References

• Aquificae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aquificae (Aquificae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aquificae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI