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


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


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


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


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


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


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