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Archaea
ARCHAEANS; METHANOGENS; HALOPHILES; SULFOLOBUS
Life   Archaea

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Overview
Unicellular organisms lacking a nucleus and lacking peptidoglycan in the cell wall. Once grouped with the bacteria, archaeans possess distinctive membrane lipids.

Phylogeny

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Acknowledgements
  • Ashley MacDonald, University of Georgia, Athens
  • Amberlie McKee, University of Georgia, Athens

I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.


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