archaebacteria
Noun
Meaning
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
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Woese and Fox discovered a kind of microbial life which they called the “archaebacteria” ( Archaea ).
They reported that the archaebacteria comprised "a third kingdom" of life as distinct from bacteria as plants and animals.