Archaebacteria
Archaebacteria
Examples
Evolutionary Milestones
There are no evolutionary milestones for archaebacteria, since they are the first organisms
Habitat
Archeabacteria live in the most extreme environments, where other organisms cannot.
They live in:
High Temperature environments
Low Temperature Environments
High Salt environments
High Pressure environments.
Anatomical/Structural Features
The cell wall of Archaebacteria has no peptidoglycan because they are ancient, unlike Eubacteria
(refer to slideshow at the bottom of this page for a labeled picture)
Acquire nutrients (autotroph/heterotroph/etc)
Archaebacteria are Chemotrophs. this means that they get their food from chemicals around them.
Mobility,
Archaebacteria travel using their flagella
Reproduction
Archaebacteria reproduce using asexual reproduction by binary fission
Development(may be picture diagram),
Different types of Archaebacteria grow better in different conditions:
Thermophiles- 80-110 degrees Celsius
Mesophiles- 20-50 degrees Celsius
Physcophiles- (-)5-20 degrees Celsius
Any other information which would prove useful!
Archaebacteria can adapt by conjugation (talking through pili) to change to their environment.
Evolutionary Milestones
There are no evolutionary milestones for archaebacteria, since they are the first organisms
Habitat
Archeabacteria live in the most extreme environments, where other organisms cannot.
They live in:
High Temperature environments
Low Temperature Environments
High Salt environments
High Pressure environments.
Anatomical/Structural Features
The cell wall of Archaebacteria has no peptidoglycan because they are ancient, unlike Eubacteria
(refer to slideshow at the bottom of this page for a labeled picture)
Acquire nutrients (autotroph/heterotroph/etc)
Archaebacteria are Chemotrophs. this means that they get their food from chemicals around them.
Mobility,
Archaebacteria travel using their flagella
Reproduction
Archaebacteria reproduce using asexual reproduction by binary fission
Development(may be picture diagram),
Different types of Archaebacteria grow better in different conditions:
Thermophiles- 80-110 degrees Celsius
Mesophiles- 20-50 degrees Celsius
Physcophiles- (-)5-20 degrees Celsius
Any other information which would prove useful!
Archaebacteria can adapt by conjugation (talking through pili) to change to their environment.