Meaning | Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae. |
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Synonyms | archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria |
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Member of | division Archaebacteria | In some classifications considered a kingdom |
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Narrower | halophile, halophil | archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival |
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methanogen | archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane |
thermoacidophile | archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures |
Broader | moneran, moneron | organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis |
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Spanish | archaeobacteria |
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Catalan | archaeobacteria |
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