Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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2. Archaea are often described as hybrid organisms having some features that are similar to bacteria and some that are similar to eukaryotes. Based on what you have just read in this section, provide two examples that illustrate the similarity of archaea to bacteria; list two examples of their similarity to eukaryotes.
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