Proteoarchaeota

Proteoarchaea
Proteoarchaeon Sulfolobus infected with specific virus STSV-1
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Clade: Proteoarchaeota
Petitjean et al. 2014
Domains, kingdoms and phyla
Synonyms
  • "Crenarchaeida" Luketa 2012
  • "Crenarchaeota" Woese, Kandler & Wheelis 1990

Proteoarchaeota is a proposed archaeal clade thought to be ancestral to the eukaryotes.