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High-level taxon of prokaryotic organisms noted particularly for its members that inhabit extreme environments.
| There are three basic forms of cellular life, and domain Archaea is one of them (the other two are domains Bacteria and Eukarya). |
For additional information, see simply Archaea. See also archaebacteria, archaebacterium, and domain. Contrast with Archaean and contrast also with domain Bacteria.