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Who proposed the rank domain in 1990 to separate Archaea from Bacteria?
AWhittaker
BCarl Woese
CHaeckel
DLinnaeus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Carl Woese
Carl Woese named domains in 1990 as a formal way to separate Archaea from Bacteria in the three-domain system.
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