Are extreme halophiles actually “bacteria”?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1978 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Molecular Evolution, volume 11, pages 1-8 (issn: 0022-2844, eissn: 1432-1432,

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Authors: L J, Magrum; K R, Luehrsen; C R, Woese;

doi: 10.1007/bf01768019

pmid: 660662

Are extreme halophiles actually “bacteria”?

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Abstract

Comparative cataloging of the 16SrRNA of Halobacterium halobium indicates that the organism did not arise, as a halophilic adaptation, from some typical bacterium. Rather, H. halobium is a member of the Archaebacteria, an ancient group of organisms that are no more related to typical bacteria than they are to eucaryotes.

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Keywords

Halobacterium, RNA, Bacterial, Base Sequence, RNA, Ribosomal, Oligonucleotides, Phylogeny

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