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Who first discovered bacteria?
a) Leeuwenhoek       
b) Ehrenberg
c) L. Pauster               
d) R. Koch

a

Who first gave the name to bacteria?
a) Whittaker               
b) Ehrenberg
c) L. Pauster               
d) R. Koch

b

The evolutionary relationship among various organisms is called…….
a) phylogeny  
b) taxanomy
c) systematic              
d) histology

a

Which of the following is called “molecular clock” for reconstructing phylogenies?
a) tRNA                                 
b) mRNA
c) rRNA                                
d) proteins

c

Archaea share certain characters with…
a) bacteria                   
b) eukaryotes
c) both a and b         
d) none

c

Which of the following is true about archaea?
a) their cell wall is made of peptidoglycane  
b) perform methanogenesis
c) perform photosynthesis only         
d) all of these

b

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