Pedigree: Genus Ignicoccus (in phylum Crenarchaeota)

The PEDIGREE of

Genus Ignicoccus (in phylum Crenarchaeota)

(lives in marine hydrothermal vents, discovered 2000; poss. member of SYMBIOTIC pair)

poss. "Partner(s)": Genus Nanoarchaeum (thermophilic archaeote)

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														/	-- Earth of Basin Groups Era (Hadean Eon) +	====> [ 34]
													/	-- Earth of Nectarian Era (Hadean Eon)
												/	-- Earth of Lower Imbrian Era (Hadean Eon)
											/	-- Earth of Eoarchean Era (Archean Eon)
										/	-- Non-reproducing Precursor Organism
									/	-- Earliest life (Based on Peptide Nucleic Acid)
									\|	\	/ or: polyamide nucleic acid
									\|	\|	/ or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
									/	\	-- Montmorillonite-based Vesicles
								/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)
								/		/ (skip this generation?)
							/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
						/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
						\|	\	/ OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) +								====> [ 9]
						\|	\|	/	-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
						/	\	-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
					/	-- Domain of Archaeota
					/		/ OR: prob. not (NN), a peculiar Symbiote +									====> [ 51]
				/	-- Kingdom Crenarchaeota
			/	-- Phylum Crenarchaeota (Eocytes)
		/	-- Class Thermoprotei
	/	-- Order Desulfurococcales
/	-- Family Desulfurococcaceae
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- Genus Ignicoccus (in phylum Crenarchaeota)