Definition of archaebacterial in US English:

adjective

• See archaebacteria

  Example sentences

  • ‘Whereas the class I enzyme is widely distributed in eukaryotes and eubacteria and is also found in one archaebacterium, class II enzymes seem to be restricted to archaebacterial species.’
  • ‘The latter is highly conserved across many bacterial and archaebacterial species.’
  • ‘They have also displayed antitumor activity and have been found to be the major lipid of archaebacterial membranes.’
  • ‘These primitive microorganisms, members of the archaebacterial kingdom, may be very similar to the earliest life forms on Earth.’