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− candidates for the application of these verses seem to be such minute organisms as drew the energy for their existence directly from hot blazes of lightening - - and cosmic radiation. Samum − Dickerson inadvertently agrees with the Qur’anic view when he − observes that the most ancient organisms: ". . would have lived on the energy of lightening and ultraviolet radiation. . " (Dickerson, R. E. (September 1978) Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life, Scientific American, p 80) This scenario of cosmic radiation is not specifically mentioned in the work of other scientists in their search for the pre-biotic organisms. But they too have corroborated the idea that whatever organisms existed before biotic evolution must have drawn their energy directly from heat. Of all the categories of bacteria classified as the most ancient, only ' ' and ' were mentioned by previous generations of prokaryotes 'eukaryotes scientists. However, that conclusion proved to be hastily drawn one, according to Karl R. Woese and his colleagues. They observed: 'Simply because there are two types of cells at the microscopic level it does not follow that there must be only two types at the molecular level. ' (Woese, K. R. (June, 1981), Archaebacteria, Scientific American, p 104)' For the benefit of the lay reader the difference between the two bacteria known as the ' ' and ', is as follows: prokaryotes 'eukaryotes It relates to the presence or absence of a nucleus in them. The ' ' type of bacteria, despite having a well-defined cell prokaryotes membrane, have no distinct nucleus. The ' on the other hand, eukaryotes possess well-defined and well-developed nuclei occupying the center of each cell. 478