Bacteria

Prehistoric Scratchpad PhBP Po10BP

Simple unicellular life forms.

Bacteria Web Pages

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria

Classification

• Life
  • Domain Bacteria
    • Phylum Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria) - The oldest organisms known to undergo photosynthesis that creates oxygen. Responsible for the initial oxygenation of the planet. An endosymbiont with Algae and Plants that provides them with the ability to photosynthesis.
    • Individual Species
      • Vibrio cyclitrophicus - Type of bacterium that was used in a study for gene swapping in evolution.

Bacteria In the News

Study Shows Unified Process of Evolution in Bacteria and Sexual Eukaryotes (2012)

See also Eukaryotes, Sticklebacks, and Vibrio cyclitrophicus

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120405142159.htm

Bacteria Evolved Way to Safeguard Crucial Genetic Material

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120423104524.htm

Following Life's Chemistry to the Earliest Branches On the Tree of Life (2012)

See also Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424142145.htm