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Are extreme halophiles actually “bacteria”?

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Comparative cataloging of the 16S rRNA ofHalobacterium 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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    Linda J. Magrum, Kenneth R. Luehrsen & Carl R. Woese

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Magrum, L.J., Luehrsen, K.R. & Woese, C.R. Are extreme halophiles actually “bacteria”?. J Mol Evol 11, 1–8 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01768019

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