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I think you guys got this wrong

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Like way wrong. Hint ocean saturation and sewerage treatment. 49.224.88.91 (talk) 07:01, 28 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Everything here is reliably cited. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:06, 28 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Intro, 2nd paragraph: I would cancel the sentence about endospores, in the 3rd paragraph it is clearly stated that no endospore-forming A. are known.

Comparison with other domains, table: genome (not gene) structure would be the better title of this line; in the RNA polymerase line, eukaryote column: "several" would be better (I, II, III and mitochondrial are not many, I guess). 2nd paragraph below this table: development of nucleus occurred even after split between A. and eukaryotes!

Relation to eukaryotes, 1st paragraph: what is the similarity in cell structure?? structurally A. are more similar to bacteria, as is pointed out earlier.

Metabolism, 1st paragraph: emphasis on inorganic compounds should be called lithotroph or chemolithotroph, not just chemotroph; 2nd paragraph: oxygen-generating or non-oxygen-generating (as in purple or green bacteria) photosynthesis does not occur....

Metabolism, last paragraph: strictly, retinal, not retinol, is the cofactor.

Significance in technology, 1st paragraph: classical PCR works with Taq polymerase from bacterial (not archaean) strain Thermus aquaticus! Pfu was only applied in PCR later, so PCR does not rely on it!

Cheers, Wolfgang WolfGreg9 (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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communication: what is a protein indel (LuxR indel)?? "Ligans" should be ligands. Wolfgang WolfGreg9 (talk) 20:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

cf "Significance in technology and industry" + medicine & health, essential aminoacids

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1. Archaea are known for assembling the essential aminoacids and vitamines such as in the vitamine B family: it is even written in the articles on Vit B9 (=folate) and Vit B12:

  1. Vit B9 : " All plants and fungi and certain protozoa, bacteria, and archaea can synthesize folate de novo through variations on the same biosynthetic pathway."
  2. Vit B12: "Vitamin B12 is produced in nature by certain bacteria, and archaea.[69][70][71]".

I will add it to the article with the references. Have to go now. SvenAERTS (talk) 13:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)Reply