Eobacteria

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Eobacteria is a proposed clade characterized by Cavalier-Smith.[1] Species in this group lack lipopolysaccharide.[2]

The clade includes Hadobacteria and Chlorobacteria.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (2006). "Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses". Biol. Direct. 1 (1): 19. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-19. PMC 1586193. PMID 16834776.
  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (January 2010). "Deep phylogeny, ancestral groups and the four ages of life". Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 365 (1537): 111–32. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0161. PMC 2842702. PMID 20008390.