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Spirochaetes - Many have linear DNA. Example: Borrelia (linear chromosomes & plasmids)
Ciliates - do not follow universal genetic code. Example: Paramecium (UAA & UAG code for glutamine)
Enterococcus - Gram-positive bacterium that uses Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Epulopiscium fishelsoni and Thiomargarita namibiensis - larger than eukaryotes (~ 500 µm)
Actinobacillus - Bacteria whose mRNA contains introns
Sphingobacteria - have 2 species with membrane-enclosed nuclear body
Deinococcus - Gram-negative cell wall - stains purple
Haloquadra walsbyi - a square archaean halophile
Giardia lamblia: primitive eukaryote with 2 haploid nuclei and no mitochondria
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