HyperDic: archaebacterium

English > 1 sense of the word archaebacterium:
NOUNanimalarchaebacterium, archaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteriaconsidered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
English > archaebacterium: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningConsidered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae.
Synonymsarchaebacteria, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria
Member ofdivision ArchaebacteriaIn some classifications considered a kingdom
Narrowerhalophile, halophilarchaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
methanogenarchaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane
thermoacidophilearchaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
Broadermoneran, moneronorganisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Spanisharchaeobacteria
Catalanarchaeobacteria

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