| Property |
Archaebacteria |
Eubacteria |
| Cell
Wall |
Variety
of
types,
not
containing
muramic
acid |
Variety
with
one
types,
contain
muramic
acid |
| Membrane
Lipids |
Ether
linked,branched
aliphatic
chains |
Ester
linked
straight
aliphatic
chain |
| Thymine
in
Common
arm
of
t-RNA |
Absent |
Present
in
most
t-RNA's
of
most
species |
| Sensitivity
to
chloramphenicol |
Insensitive |
Sensitive |
| Structure
of
RNA
polymerase
core |
Ten
Subunits |
Four
Subunits |