by Elio
Unlike many bacteria, which undergo undergo fancy morphological development (spores, hyphae, prosthecae, etc.), archaea do not. Why do you suppose this is?
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Related to Mark O. Martin's comment, the majority of the most well studied Archaea are thermophiles and a relative lack (if there is such a thing) of fancy morphology might be conducive to survival in these conditions. The first of the non-extremophilic Archaea have been isolated and it'll be interesting to see the morphological diversity amongst them.
Posted by: Mike Cox | October 02, 2007 at 01:02 AM