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Comparative Study
. 1978 May 12;11(1):1-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01768019.

Are extreme halophiles actually "bacteria"?

L J Magrum, K R Luehrsen, C R Woese
Comparative Study

Are extreme halophiles actually "bacteria"?

L J Magrum et al. J Mol Evol. .

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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