A microorganism isolated from a salt-rich (salt concentration ∼2 M) lake was found to possess diglycerol tetraethers, with polyisoprenoid alcohol side chains, as the major lipid component of its cell membrane. The isolated organism is
A. A planctomycete
B. A cyanobacteria
C. A unicellular amoeba
D. An archaea
Answer: Option D
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