Archea Flashcards
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Archaea
Organisms within this domain are sometimes referred to as the extremophile prokaryotes, archaea were first discovered living in
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extreme environments, but not all archaea do
2
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Archaea are prokaryotic so have no
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nucleus
3
Q
They were initially classified as bacteria until several unique properties were discovered that separated them from known bacteria, including:
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Unique lipids being found in the membranes of their cells
`No peptidoglycan in their cell walls
Ribosomal structure (particularly that of the small subunit) are more similar to the eukaryotic ribosome than that of the bacteria
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