Recent evidence suggests that these two groups of organisms, which traditionally have been grouped together in the same kingdom, should be separated into two different kingdoms. The groups are
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In earlier classifications, both were grouped together in Kingdom Monera because they are prokaryotic. However, modern molecular and biochemical evidence (especially rRNA studies by Carl Woese) showed major differences between them.
So they are now separated into distinct groups:
• Archaebacteria → Archaea
• Eubacteria → Bacteria
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