| RefNo | EC/2006/50 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Woese, Carl Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Prof. Woese discovered a third major division of life, the archaea (or archaebacteria) that ranks equally with bacteria (or eubacteria) and eukaryotes (protozoa, fungi and higher organisms). This resulted from his study of sequences of 16S ribosomal nucleic acid, which he has shown to be applicable to all living organisms. This molecule has yielded an outline phylogenetic tree for all forms of life. His work also showed that eukaryotes have received mitochondria from early bacteria and green plants received chloroplasts from early cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), thus supporting the symbiotic origin of eukaryotes. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA9249 | Woese; Carl Richard (1928 - 2012) | 1928 - 2012 |