''Eobacterium'' is an extinct genus of
bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
from the
Fig Tree Formation in Africa. It is about 3 billion years old, one of the oldest known organisms. The discovery of ''Eobacterium'' and other Fig Tree organisms in the 1960s helped prove that life existed over three billion years ago.
References
* K.N. Prasad: An Introduction to Paleobotany.
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Prehistoric bacteria
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