Translingual

Proper noun

Aquificae

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – the bacteria that live in hot springs and thermal ocean vents etc..
2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Aquificae.

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - infrakingdom; Aquificae - phylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Aquificae - sole class
• (class): Aquificales

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521