NASA NTRS · 19780056283
Are extreme halophiles actually 'bacteria'
Abstract
Comparative cataloging of the 16S rRNA 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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Magrum, L. J., Luehrsen, K. R., Woese, C. R.. 1978-05-12. Are extreme halophiles actually 'bacteria'. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19780056283
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