Carl Woese

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Carl Richard Woese ( WOHZ; July 15, 1928 – December 30, 2012) was an American microbiologist and biophysicist. Woese defined the Archaea (a new domain of life) in 1977 through a pioneering phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique that has revolutionized microbiology. He also originated the RNA world hypothesis in 1967, although not by that name. Woese held the Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair and was professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.

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