Phylogenetic Structure of the Prokaryotic Domain: The Primary Kingdoms
Abstract
A phylogenetic analysis based upon ribosomal RNA sequence characterization reveals that living systems represent one of three aboriginal lines of descent: (i) the eubacteria, comprising all typical bacteria; (ii) the archaebacteria, containing methanogenic bacteria; and (iii) the urkaryotes, now represented in the cytoplasmic component of eukaryotic cells.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- November 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.74.11.5088
- Bibcode:
- 1977PNAS...74.5088W