Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine:

The reason that scientist think the discovered prokaryote might be archaeal.

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Fundamentally in nature there are two different types of cells prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. Prokaryotic cells are small in size. The average size is 1.1-1.5μm (in terms of width) and in length it is 2-6μm. They are most diverse and abundant life forms on the earth.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The way in which it can be proved that it is not bacterial.

Introduction:

Bacteria and archaea comes under prokaryotes which are living, fully functional and single celled organisms. Initially the domain Archaea was considered to be unique group of bacteria but in 1977 the Archaea came to be viewed as distinctive domain that distinguishes from bacteria on the basis of their biochemical characteristics.

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