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This month's Genome Watch looks at the publication of four hyperthermophilic archaeal genomes, three of which belong to the Crenarchaeota phylum and one of which belongs to the newly defined Nanoarchaeota phylum.
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Cerdeño-Tárraga, A. What a scorcher!. Nat Rev Microbiol 7, 408–409 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2154
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