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- noun Plural form of
archaeon .
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Examples
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Therefore entertaining any hypothesis for a common ancestor of bacteria and archaea is supported by extrapolation from the vast amounts of existing evidence of common ancestry.
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Therefore entertaining any hypothesis for a common ancestor of bacteria and archaea is supported by extrapolation from the vast amounts of existing evidence of common ancestry.
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Gordon, the director of the Center for Genome Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, studies bacteria and ancient forms of single-celled life called archaea -- and no matter how clean you think you are, your gut would make him a pretty good laboratory.
Gut Flora? Great! 2007
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Simple, single-celled organisms called archaea that often live in extreme conditions were thought to be responsible for much of the dark ocean's carbon fixation.
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Still, bacteria and another class of microorganisms called archaea (first discovered in extreme environments such as deep-sea volcanic vents) manage just fine, thank you, in part because they have a built-in defense system that helps protect them from many viruses and other invaders.
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Still, bacteria and another class of microorganisms called archaea survive in part because they have a built-in defense system that helps protect them from many viruses and other invaders.
UConn Advance Headlines Carolyn Pennington 2009
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This explosion of new forms coincided with the rapidly increasing diversity of the three superkingdoms of life (bacteria; the microbes known as archaea; and eucarya, the group that includes animals, plants, fungi and many other organisms).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Still, bacteria and another class of microorganisms called archaea
innovations-report 2009
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This explosion of new forms coincided with the rapidly increasing diversity of the three superkingdoms of life (bacteria; the microbes known as archaea; and eucarya, the group that includes animals, plants, fungi and many other organisms).
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Still, bacteria and another class of microorganisms called archaea (first discovered in extreme environments such as deep-sea volcanic vents) manage just fine, thank you, in part because they have a built-in defense system that helps protect them from many viruses and other invaders.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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For example, microbes called archaea, discovered on skin in 2017, may be caretakers of our skin, helping it turn over nitrogen and keep pathogens at bay; smelly microbes on our feet may discourage fungal infections; and even those face mites could be thought of as natural exfoliants.
Rethinking the Science of Skin Condé Nast 2020
jparker commented on the word archaea
A group of single-celled microorganisms without cell nucleus, distinct from bacteria.
Living organisms are bacteria, archaea, or Eukarya.
July 2, 2009