Microbial Molecular Systematics and Evolution

The concept of a molecular chronometer.
The choice of chronometer.
Carl Woese (1977) and 16S rRNA:
The SAB coefficient and oligonucleotide cataloguing.
Complete sequence determination - procedures for generating sequence:
reverse transcriptase
direct sequence
polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Sequence determinations and construction of gene probes.
Phylogenetic trees from complete sequences.
Prokaryote phylogeny and comparison with conventional classification:
Origins of eukaryotes: Ancient endosymbiont theory:
phylogenetic position of mitochondria
chloroplasts
eukaryote phylogeny

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The discovery of archaea (archaeobacteria): Archael lipids are glycerol diether isopranoid derivatives whereas 'normal' lipids are glycerol diester fatty acid derivatives:

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