ARCHAEA AND

BACTERIA
 Bacteria and Archaea
are the two unicellular,
prokaryotic kingdoms.
 WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA?
 Bacteria Archaea
true bacteria -extremes
with Prokaryoti bacteria that
c thrive in
pathogenic habitats with
and Unicellula
r extreme
beneficial environment
species al condition.
SIMILARITIES OF
ARCHAEA AND
BACTERIA
• 1. The prokaryotic cells are protected by a
capsule.
• 2.Their unicellular body is covered by a cell
wall. In eubacteria the cell wall is composed of
peptidoglycan, a lipid-carbohydrate complex.
In archaebacteria the cell wall is composed of
ether-lipid complex
• 3. have ribosomes that function for protein
synthesis.
• 4. reproduce asexually by binary fission or
conjugation
• 5. lack a distinct nucleus
• 6. equipped with flagella that
propels and move the organisms
from one place to another
• 7. capable of forming endospores
that can live for centuries
• 8. some species are pathogenic
and some are good.
DIFFERENCES OF
ARCHAEA AND
BACTERIA
 BACTERIA- CLASSIFIED
ACCORDING TO THEIR
SHAPES

Cocci-shaped
(Staphylococ
cus aureus)
BACILLI-SHAPED
(LACTOBACILLUS
ACIDOPHILUS)
 SPIRILLA SHAPED
(SPIRILLUM MINUS)
 Archaea -
known as extreme
bacteria because
they thrive and
survive in
extreme
environmental
conditions
THERMOPHILES- LIVE IN
HOT ENVIRONMENT
PSYCHROPHILES- LIVE IN
COLD ENVIRONMENT
ACIDOPHILES- ACIDIC
ENVIRONMENT
BASOPHILES- LIVE IN
SALTY/SALINE
ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF
BACTERIA

• Pathogenic Bacteria: Clostridium botulinium

(botulism) Neisseria gonorrhea, mycobacterium
tubercolosis
• Benificial bacteria: Escherichia coli- release
nutrients from the undigested residue and
reabsorb water back into our body system
• Bioremediation: soil bacteria assist in
converting free nitrogen to its usable form for
plant utilization in protein synthesis
 TRUE OR FALSE. WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS
TRUE AND CORRECT THE STATEMENT IF IT IS FALSE.

• 1. The unicellular body of prokaryotes are

covered by a cell wall composed of
peptidoglycan, a lipid-carbohydrate complex
and ether-lipid complex.
• 2. Bacteria- classified according to their shapes
• 3. Basophiles- live in cold environment
• 4. Thermophiles- live in hot environment
• 5. Bacteria- known as extreme bacteria because
 ASSIGNMENT

•Make a concept map or Life

Tree of the Three Domains by
Carl Woese ( Archaea,
Eubacteria, eukarya)