The PEDIGREE of
(NN), a peculiar Symbiote
 "Child(ren)":       Phylum Nanoarchaeota (ultra-small symbiotes)   ;   Phylum Euryarchaeota   ;   Kingdom Crenarchaeota   ;   an Archeaote   ;   another Archeaote
 poss. "Partner(s)":       Domain of Archaeota
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/-- Non-reproducing Precursor Organism   +====> [ 38]
/-- Earliest life (Based on Peptide Nucleic Acid)
| \ / or: polyamide nucleic acid
|  | / or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
/  \-- Montmorillonite-based Vesicles
/-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
/-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
| \ / OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)   +====> [ 9]
| | /-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
/  \-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
/-- Proto-Bacteria  (3700 M BC)
/-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
/-- Eurybacteria (Traditional Model)
/-- Superphylum Endobacteria
/   / OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria (Terra-Hydro Model)   +====> [ 45]
/-- Phylum Actinobacteria
/-- Class Actinobacteridae
/-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium
/  
- (NN), a peculiar Symbiote
\  /-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)   +====> [ 40]
|  /   / (skip this generation?)
|  /-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
|  /-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
|  | \ / OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)   +====> [ 9]
|  /  \-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks   +====> [ 1]
|  /-- Proto-Bacteria  (3700 M BC)
|  /-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
|  /-- Eurybacteria (Traditional Model)
|  /-- Superphylum Endobacteria
|  /   / OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria (Terra-Hydro Model)   +====> [ 45]
|  /-- Phylum Firmicutes
|  /-- Order Clostridiales (incl. sulfate-reducing bacteria)
| /-- Family Clostridiaceae
\-- Clostridium
 

  (poss.) ``Grandchildren:''       Genus Nanoarchaeum (thermophilic archaeote)   ;   Class Methanobacteria   ;   Class Methanopyri   ;   Class Halobacteria   ;   Phylum Crenarchaeota (Eocytes)   ;   (NN), a very special Archaeote   ;   (NN), an Archeaote
 
  (poss.) ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Methanobrevibacter (human gut archaeon)   ;   Genus Methanopyrus (thermophilic methanogen)   ;   Genus Halobacterium   ;   Family Desulfurococcaceae   ;   The First Eukaryote
 

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