archaeobacteria
English Thesaurus
1. considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | moneran, moneron, |
| definition | : | organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | methanogen, |
| definition | : | archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | halophil, halophile, |
| definition | : | archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | thermoacidophile, |
| definition | : | archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures (noun.animal) |
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