Why are Eubacteria called True bacteria ?

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frostbite · Answer

Eubacteria is just another word for our everyday word bacteria. What you mean with "true bacteria" I don't know.

anonymous · Answer

In my text its given eubacteria are called true bacteria and my teacher came up with a question why?!

frostbite · Answer

Do they give a definition of this "true bacteria" in your book?

anonymous · Answer

no they don't.

frostbite · Answer

Okay, well then I can only provide some baggrund information and then lets hope we find something that look like an answer... the word eubacteria is the old word for our everyday word bacteria. The problem was back in time that every procaryote organism was called a bacteria and there exsist another lifeform / domain that was diffrenent from the eubacteria - the archaebacteria

anonymous · Answer

Yes, thank you Frost :)

frostbite · Answer

So today we like to say bacteria and archaea :)

anonymous · Answer

It seems like Eu means True.

anonymous · Answer

Right.

frostbite · Answer

Eu means real yes :P

frostbite · Answer

However that is also refure to the nucleaus... eucaryote from greak Eucarya -> Eu = real, karyon=core

anonymous · Answer

Oh okay .. new piece of Info , Thanks :)

frostbite · Answer

and eucaryote are not bacteria as you know :P so be carefull with that ;)

anonymous · Answer

The usage of prefix "eu" in words like eubacteria and eukaryotes caused as "true" confusion. When it comes to eukaryotes, it refers to cell's nucleus while in eubacteria, it refers to prokaryotic organisms which do not belonged to archaebacteria or much prefer as your typical, normal bacteria that encountered in everyday life.