 | Chapter Objectives
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After reading this
chapter you should be able to: - discuss the deeply branching bacterial phyla Aquificae and Thermotogae
- discuss the deinococci, focusing on their extraordinary resistance to desiccation
and radiation
- compare and contrast the phyla of photosynthetic bacteria
- discuss the unique structural features of Planctomycetes
- discuss the unique life style of the Chlamydiae
- discuss the unique structural features and motility of the Spirochaetes
- discuss the important metabolic and ecological characteristics of the Bacteroidetes
- discuss gliding motility
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