Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 26

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer. Compare and contrast main characteristics of the three domains of life: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
A) Create a branched-tree diagram showing the evolutionary relationship among the three domains of life, and list the characteristics that have led microbiologists to believe the archaea are more closely related to eukaryotes than to bacteria.
B) Which archaeal adaptations make these microbes most suited to extreme habitats