section_path: Ecology/Interactions with other organisms/Parasitism
section_name: Parasitism
paragraph_text: Parasitism
  
  Although Archaea do not have a historical reputation of being pathogens, Archaea are often found with similar genomes to more common pathogen like E. coli, showing metabolic links and evolutionary history with today's pathogens. Archaea have been inconsistently detected in clinical studies because of the lack of categorization of Archaea into more specific species.