| Crenarchaeota
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Archaea
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| Phylum: | Crenarchaeota
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| Class: | Thermoprotei
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| Orders
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Caldisphaerales
Cenarchaeales
Desulfurococcales
Sulfolobales
Thermoproteales
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The Crenarchaeota are a major group of Archaea, containing many extremely thermophilic organisms. They are separated from the other archaeans based mainly on rRNA sequences.
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