"Augarchaeota" (previously "Aigarchaeota"[2]) is an archaeal phylum of which the main representative is "Candidatus Caldiarchaeum subterraneum".[3] It is not yet clear if this represents a new phylum or a Nitrososphaeria class, since the genome of "Ca. Caldiarchaeum subterraneum" encodes several Nitrososphaeria-like features.[4] The name "Aigarchaeota" comes from the Greekαυγή, avgí, meaning "dawn" or "aurora", for the intermediate features of hyperthermophilic and mesophilic life during the evolution of its lineage.[3] The prefix Aig was found to be a misspelling, and corrected to Aug, thereby the new name "Augarchaeota".[5]
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