( ( In ( biological taxonomy ) ) ( , ( ( ( a domain ) ( -LRB- ( also ( ( ( superregnum , ) ( superkingdom ( , ( empire ( , ( or regio ) ) ) ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ( ( is ( ( the ( highest ( taxonomic rank ) ) ) ( of ( organisms ( in ( ( the ( three-domain system ) ) ( of ( taxonomy ( designed ( by ( ( ( ( ( Carl Woese ) , ) ( an ( American microbiologist ) ) ) and ) biophysicist ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJ biological) (NN taxonomy))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN domain)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (ADVP (RB also)) (NP (NP (NN superregnum)) (, ,) (NP (NN superkingdom) (, ,) (NN empire) (, ,) (CC or) (NN regio))) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS highest) (JJ taxonomic) (NN rank)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS organisms)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ three-domain) (NN system)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN taxonomy)) (VP (VBN designed) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (NNP Carl) (NNP Woese)) (, ,) (NP (DT an) (JJ American) (NN microbiologist)) (CC and) (NP (NN biophysicist))))))))))))) (. .)))
In biological taxonomy, a domain (also superregnum, superkingdom, empire, or regio ) is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysicist.
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