Sewage Water Bacteria: 'missing Link' In Early Evolution Of Life On Earth?

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Sewage Water Bacteria: 'Missing Link' in Early Evolution of Life on Earth?

 

New research shows that PVC (Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobiae, Chlamydiae) bacteria -- members of which are commonly found in today's sewage treatment plants or acid bogs -- represent an intermediate type of cell structure. (Credit: iStockphoto/Viktor Balabanov)

 

ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2010) — A common group of bacteria found in acid bogs and sewage treatment plants has provided scientists with evidence of a 'missing link' in one of the most important steps in the evolution of life on Earth -- the emergence of cells with a nucleus containing DNA (eukaryotic cells).

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101126094444.htm