Archaea

domain of prokaryotic microorganisms
Taxon taxon Q10872
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Archaea

Summary

Archaea is a taxon[1]. Archaea ranks in the top 0.094% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,285 views/month, #184 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archaea is credited with the discovery of Carl Woese[3].
  • Archaea is credited with the discovery of George E. Fox[4].
  • Archaea's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Archaea is classified at the rank of domain[6].
  • Archaea is classified at the rank of superkingdom[7].
  • Archaea is classified within Biota[8].
  • Archaea's scientific name is Archaea[9].
  • Archaea is a type of microorganism[10].
  • Archaea's Commons category is recorded as Archaea[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Archaea is Methanobacterium[12].
  • Archaea began on -3500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Archaea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archaea[14].
  • Archaea's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes[15].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Archaebakterie'}[16].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'عتائق'}[17].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Arxeya'}[18].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Археи'}[19].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'আর্কিয়া'}[20].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Arqueobacteri'}[21].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'archea'}[22].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Archaeen'}[23].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Αρχαία'}[24].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Αρχαιοβακτήρια'}[25].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Arkioj'}[26].
  • Archaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Arhebakterid'}[27].

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Classification

Archaea's scientific name is Archaea[9]. Recorded taxon rank include domain[6] and superkingdom[7]. Archaea belongs to the parent taxon Biota[8]. The taxonomic type of Archaea is Methanobacterium[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Archaebakterie'}[16], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'عتائق'}[17], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Arxeya'}[18], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Археи'}[19], {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'আর্কিয়া'}[20], and {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Arqueobacteri'}[21].

Identifiers

Archaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2157[28]. Archaea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7920[29]. Archaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2[30]. Archaea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 935939[31].

Why It Matters

Archaea ranks in the top 0.094% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,285 views/month, #184 of 195,241).[2] Archaea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Archaea is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiskripta article id 82664
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3471]]: 82664, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/127293465|Archea (#127293465)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 8w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type Methanobacterium
    Code of nomenclature International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
    Instance of taxon
    Start time -3500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1748]]: C61092"
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