A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere
Pace NR. 1997. A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere. Science. 276(5313):734-740
The main diversity of life is microbial, distributed among 3 prime groups: Archaea, Bacteria and Eucarya. Earliest life was probably based on inorganic nutrition.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Pace, Norman
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Archaea, Bacteria, Biodiversity, DNA, Ecology, Eucarya, Evolution, Microbiology, Phylogeny, rRNA, Thermophilic Bacteria