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Definition of archaebacteria in English: archaebacteriaplural nounˌɑːkɪbakˈtɪərɪəˌärkēbakˈtirēə another term for archaea Example sentencesExamples - The most startling (and, for some people, unbelievable) such event was the origin of the eukaryotes by the fusion of an archaebacterium with some eubacteria.
- They conjecture that an evolutionary quantum leap happened after an archaebacterium swallowed a eubacterium.
- What's more, these origin-of-life researchers suspect that the two major groups of bacteria, known as archaebacteria and eubacteria, originated on two separate occasions about 3.8 billion years ago.
- These sequences included proteins from a diverse range of organisms, ranging from eubacteria and archaebacteria to algae, fungi, and plants.
- These ‘bugs, ‘actually archaebacteria, thrive in intense heat and pressure deep underground, without any light - that is, in a truly alien environment within planet earth.’
Derivatives adjective The latter is highly conserved across many bacterial and archaebacterial species. Example sentencesExamples - They have also displayed antitumor activity and have been found to be the major lipid of archaebacterial membranes.
- These primitive microorganisms, members of the archaebacterial kingdom, may be very similar to the earliest life forms on Earth.
- Whereas the class I enzyme is widely distributed in eukaryotes and eubacteria and is also found in one archaebacterium, class II enzymes seem to be restricted to archaebacterial species.
Origin 1970s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek arkhaios ‘primitive’. Definition of archaebacteria in US English: archaebacteriaplural nounˌärkēbakˈtirēə Microorganisms that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient intermediate group between the bacteria and eukaryotes. Also called archaea Example sentencesExamples - These sequences included proteins from a diverse range of organisms, ranging from eubacteria and archaebacteria to algae, fungi, and plants.
- The most startling (and, for some people, unbelievable) such event was the origin of the eukaryotes by the fusion of an archaebacterium with some eubacteria.
- They conjecture that an evolutionary quantum leap happened after an archaebacterium swallowed a eubacterium.
- What's more, these origin-of-life researchers suspect that the two major groups of bacteria, known as archaebacteria and eubacteria, originated on two separate occasions about 3.8 billion years ago.
- These ‘bugs, ‘actually archaebacteria, thrive in intense heat and pressure deep underground, without any light - that is, in a truly alien environment within planet earth.’
Origin 1970s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek arkhaios ‘primitive’. |