The highest rank in the standard three domain system of life (Woese, Kandler and Wheelis, 1990): Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya, the broadest possible division of all cellular life by fundamental cell structure and biochemistry, sitting above kingdom in the taxonomic hierarchy this atlas's taxon entities follow.
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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
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often preceded by an eighth fundamental rank, that of domain
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