archaea
noun[plural]
biologyspecialized(alsoArchaea)uk/ɑːˈkiː.ə/us/ɑːrˈkiː.ə/atypeofmicroorganism(=extremelysmalllivingthing)similartobacteriabut with a differentstructure,thoughtto haveexistedforbillionsofyears:
古菌Archaea have anancientlineage,splittingoff frombacteriaprobablyabout 2billionyearsago.古菌溯源久远,与细菌分支大约发生在二十亿年前。
Learning more about Archaea couldanswerquestionsabout theoriginsoflifeonEarth.对古菌有更多的了解可以回答有关地球生命起源的问题。
- In the archaea, there is nonucleus.
- Archaea arepartof theintestinalfloraofhumansandfloatinpocketsofpressurizedwaterin the Earth'scrust.
- As much as 10percentof the Earth'sbiomasslivesbelowground,includingsingle-celledbacteriacalled archaea thatfeedondecayingmatter.
- There are some Archaea that are onlyfoundincoalheaps, which makes youwonderwhat they did before westartedminingcoal.
- The researchersfoundthat twolitresof seawatercontainednearly37,000 differentkindsofbacteriaandnearly3,000typesof archaea,ancientsingle-celledorganisms.
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