In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Taxonomy of Archaebacteria 2. General Characteristics of Archaebacteria 3. Representative Types 4. Phylogeny. Taxonomy of Archaebacteria: The domain Archaea has been divided into two Phyla: 1. Crenarchaeota and 2. Euryarchaeota. The first includes the extreme thermophiles, acidophiles and sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. They are mostly anaerobic and they occur […]
Archaeabacteria: Characteristics, Types and Phylogeny
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Bacteria Types: 3 Important Types of Bacteria
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The following points highlight the three important types of bacteria. The types are: 1. The Ancient Bacteria 2. Gram-Positive Bacteria 3. Gram-Negative Bacteria. Type # 1. The Ancient Bacteria: Most of the phylogenetically primitive bacteria are thermophilic and Gram-negative (except Deinococcus). Some of them have ether-linked membrane lipids like those of archaebacteria. A few representative […]
6 Special Groups of Gram-Negative Bacteria
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List of six special groups of bacteria:- 1. Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria 2. Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria (Cyanobacteria) 3. The Methylotrophic Bacteria 4. The Nitrifying Bacteria 5. The Stalked and Prosthecate Bacteria 6. The Cyanomorphic Bacteria. Gram-Negative Bacteria: Group # 1. Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria: In the first edition of Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (1984), the anoxygenic […]
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