TACK superphylum

E209721

The TACK superphylum is a major group of Archaea that includes several lineages such as Crenarchaeota and is considered evolutionarily important for understanding the origins of eukaryotes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
TACK superphylum canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeal superphylum ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ
acronymFor Thaumarchaeota Aigarchaeota Crenarchaeota Korarchaeota ⓘ
linked to: Thaumarchaeota
associatedWith eukaryotic signature proteins ⓘ
information-processing genes related to eukaryotes ⓘ
contrastedWith three-domain tree of life model ⓘ
domain Archaea ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole important in global biogeochemical cycles ⓘ
important in nitrogen cycling ⓘ
hasEvolutionarySignificance relationship between Archaea and Eukarya ⓘ
understanding origin of eukaryotes ⓘ
hasGenomicFeature complex information-processing machinery ⓘ
genes homologous to eukaryotic cytoskeletal components ⓘ
hasMemberCharacteristic many members are chemolithoautotrophs ⓘ
many members are thermophiles ⓘ
hasMemberMetabolism ammonia oxidation (in Thaumarchaeota) ⓘ
hydrogen oxidation (in some lineages) ⓘ
sulfur metabolism (in many Crenarchaeota) ⓘ
hasMolecularMarker conserved archaeal signature proteins ⓘ
hasResearchImportance comparative genomics with eukaryotes ⓘ
insight into early evolution of complex cellular systems ⓘ
hasTaxonomicStatus informal superphylum name used in literature ⓘ
hasTemporalContext recognized in early 21st century phylogenomic studies ⓘ
includesTaxon Aigarchaeota ⓘ
Crenarchaeota ⓘ
Korarchaeota ⓘ
Thaumarchaeota ⓘ
isPartOf Archaea ⓘ
kingdom Archaea ⓘ
membersFoundIn hydrothermal vents ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ
soil environments ⓘ
terrestrial hot springs ⓘ
overlapsConceptuallyWith Proteoarchaeota (in some classifications) ⓘ
phylogeneticallyPositionedAs deep-branching archaeal lineage ⓘ
proposedBy microbial phylogenetic studies based on rRNA and conserved proteins ⓘ
relatedTo Asgard archaea ⓘ
DPANN superphylum ⓘ
relevanceTo eukaryogenesis hypotheses ⓘ
two-domain tree of life model ⓘ
studiedUsing metagenomics ⓘ
phylogenomics ⓘ
taxonomicRank superphylum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crenarchaeota → superphylum → TACK superphylum ⓘ
Crenarchaeota → isPartOf → TACK superphylum ⓘ
Aigarchaeota → partOf → TACK superphylum ⓘ