eubacteria

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It just so happens (or is very likely) that the split between archaea and eubacteria is the earliest of these splits.

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a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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noun

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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Core meanings and parts of speech for eubacteria.

noun

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

Example sentences

It just so happens (or is very likely) that the split between archaea and eubacteria is the earliest of these splits.

Is it known why there are no evolutionary intermediates between archea and eubacteria?

However, I don't think he discusses the origin of this divergence of eubacteria and archea, and why it persists so cleanly.

Is even the basic eubacteria-inside-archea claim is disputed?

Archaea and Eubacteria have different Ribosomes.

So, if I'm understanding correctly, these pre-cellular replicons are distinctly less efficient at survival than both archaea and eubacteria, hence their not existing in any (recognizable) form today.

This also highlights the often arbitrary nature of division of labor in academics - all viruses and many eubacteria could reasonably be classified as parasites, but are instead handed off to virology and infectious microbiology (which tends to exclude parasitic eukaryota, even single-celled protists, from its domain).