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Eubacteria:
1. These are commonly referred as true bacteria.
2. They have cell wall made up of peptidoglycan.
3. Eubacteria are mostly heterotrophic, few are autotrophic.
4. The autotrophs can be photosynthetic like Chlorobium (Green sulphur bacteria) and Chromatium or chemosynthetic like sulphur bacteria.
5. These are mostly multicellular filamentous forms living in fresh water.
6. Filaments show heterocyst which helps in nitrogen fixation.
7. The body is covered by mucilaginous sheath.
8. The genetic material is typical prokaryotic.
9. The photosynthetic pigments include Chl-a, Chl-b, carotenes and xanthophylls.
10. Most of them are decomposers that help in breaking down large molecules in simple molecules or minerals.
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