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Microorganism comparison table |
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Archaeon | Archaea are characterized by: 1. the presence of characteristic tRNAs and ribosomal RNAs, 2. the absence of peptidoglycan cell walls, 3. the presence of ether-linked lipids built from branched-chain subunits, and 4. their occurrence in unusual habitats. While archaea resemble Bacteria in morphology and genomic organization, they resemble eukarya in their method of genomic replication | (=> |
Bacterium | A small, typically one-celled, prokaryotic Microorganism | (=> |
Chlamydia | An Organism which is intermediate in size and complexity between a Virus and a Bacterium and which is parasitic within the cells of Insects and Ticks | (=> |
Virus | An Organism consisting of a core of a single nucleic acid enclosed in a protective coat of protein. A virus may replicate only inside a host living cell. A virus exhibits some but not all of the usual characteristics of living things | (=> |