Hadesarchaea

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”), neuter plural of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) and the name of the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.

Proper noun

Hadesarchaea

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Hadesarchaeota – single-celled, non-nucleated extremophiles capable of surviving without light or oxygen, found in subterranean areas, geysers and other hot, alkaline environments.

References

• Hadesarchaea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hadesarchaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hadesarchaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Baker, Brett J.; Saw, Jimmy H.; Lind, Anders E.; Lazar, Cassandra Sara; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Teske, Andreas P.; Ettema, Thijs J.G. (February 16, 2016). "inference of the metabolism of cosmopolitan subsurface Archaea, Hadesarchaea." Nature Microbiology 1. doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.2.
• "Hadesarchaea: a New Archaeal Class of Cosmopolitan Deep Microbes." Deep Carbon Observatory. February 18, 2016.