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| Archaea A domain of prokaryotic organisms that differ from bacteria. In contrast to bacteria, arachaea lack cell wall peptidoglycan, contain histone-like proteins, and possess chemically distinct cell membrane phospholipids.
Read more about this term in the Online Textbook: Microbial Diversity: Introduction Related Terms: Eukarya Related Images: None Related Animations: The Three Domains View QuickTime Movie Tree of Life -- Lateral Gene Transfer Diagram View Animation Still
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