The domain Archaea is currently split into three major groups consisting of the extreme thermophiles, the extreme halophiles, and the extreme thermophiles that are able to reduce sulfur (methanogens). These three groups are not believed to have arisen independently, but instead evolved from one to another.
This discovery suggests that extreme thermophiles could be the earliest archaeon ancestor when considering their slow evolution patterns, as well as the distribution of extreme thermophiles into both their own grouping, as well as that of the methanogens.
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Noll, K M (1989). "Chromosome Map of the Thermophilic Archaebacterium Thermococcus celer". Journal of Bacteriology. 171 (12): 6720–6725. doi:10.1128/jb.171.12.6720-6725.1989. PMC 210568. PMID 2512284. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC210568
Noll, K M (1989). "Chromosome Map of the Thermophilic Archaebacterium Thermococcus celer". Journal of Bacteriology. 171 (12): 6720–6725. doi:10.1128/jb.171.12.6720-6725.1989. PMC 210568. PMID 2512284. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC210568
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Achenbach-Richter, L.; Gupta, R.; Zillig, W.; Woese, C.R. (August 1988). "Rooting the Archaebacterial Tree: The Pivotal Role of Thermococcus celer in Archaebacterial Evolution". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 10 (3): 231–240. doi:10.1016/s0723-2020(88)80007-9. /wiki/Doi_(identifier)
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