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Pathology => Human Diseases => Eubacteria
Eubacteria
Eubacteria, one of the two major groups of prokaryotes (cells in which the genetic material is not contained within a nuclear membrane). The prokaryotes include two branches or domains: eubacteria (or true bacteria) and archaea (or archaebacteria). These two major groups differ in basic genetic constitution and in the structures of some of their cellular components.
Although many eubacteria are disease-causing organisms, most eubacteria are harmless, or even beneficial. Most of the bacteria found in soil, water, and air are eubacteria. Eubacteria produce many of the antibiotics used in medicine. The organism Escherichia coli, a common intestinal organism that is widely used in genetic engineering, is a eubacterium.
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