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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Eobacterium Barghoorn and Schopf, 1966 |
| Species: | †E. isolatum
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| †Eobacterium isolatum Barghoorn and Schopf, 1966
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Eobacterium is a possible[2] genus of extinct bacteria from the Fig Tree Formation in South Africa.[1][3] It is about 3.1 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known organisms.[1] The discovery of Eobacterium and other Fig Tree organisms in the 1960s helped prove that life existed over three billion years ago.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Barghoorn, Elso S.; Schopf, J. William (6 May 1966). "Microorganisms Three Billion Years Old from the Precambrian of South Africa". Science. 152 (3723): 758–763. doi:10.1126/science.152.3723.758.
- ^ Eobacterium E.S. Barghoorn & J.W. Schopf, 1966. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 20 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Fig Tree microfossils". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2016. Retrieved Oct 9, 2016.
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