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archaeon, n. Biol.
Brit. |ɑːˈkiːən|, U.S. |ɑrˈkiən|, |ɑrˈkeɪən|
Forms: 19– archaeon, 19– archeon [Also with capital initial.]
[‹ scientific Latin Archaeon (see quot. 1990), singular form corresponding to Archaea Archaea n.]
A member of the Archaea; an archaebacterium.
The plural form is usually supplied by Archaea n.
1990Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87 5788 (title) HMf, a DNA-binding protein isolated from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanothermus fervidus, is most closely related to histones. 1992Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1120267 Glutamate dehydrogenase..from the hyperthermophilic Archeon Pyrococcus furiosus was purified to homogeneity. 1998Biochemistry 37 10062 The gene for chorismate mutase (CM) from the archeon Methanococcus jannaschii, an extreme thermophile, was subcloned. 2001FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 196129 M[ethanobrevibacter] oralis was found to be the predominant archaeon in the subgingival dental plaque. |