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Study Archaea lecture notes PDF with microbiology definitions and explanation to study What are Archaea?. Study archaea explanation with microbiology terms to review microbiology course for online degree programs.

Archaea Definition:

  • A group of prokaryotes that diverged from all others (bacteria) at an early stage in evolution, and that show a number of significant differences from them. One of the three domains of life.

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Archaea Notes:

Archaea is a group of prokaryotes or single-celled microorganisms. These types of cells do not have any nucleus. They diverged from bacteria and now there are major differences between bacteria and archaea. Initially archaea were known as archaebacterial due to their resemblance with bacteria.

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