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Which of the following is a characteristic of organisms in Bacteria, but not Archaea?

1. organisms are prokaryotic
2. organisms swim using one or more flagella
3. organisms reproduce asexually
4. organisms contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls.

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Answer:

4. organisms contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Archaea are basically just a different category of bacteria separated mainly by DNA differences and their preference for living in extreme environments. The answer is 4 because archaea do not have cell walls made of peptidoglycan.

Why not 1: Both bacteria and archaea are prokaryotic, meaning they lack a true nucleus like eukaryotes have (eukaryotes includes humans!).

Why not 2: Both can use flagella to swim around.

Why not 3: Because archaea are basically a sub-class of bacteria, (they only recently separated them into different kingdoms) it makes sense that they also reproduce by binary fission, which is asexual.

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