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Archaea
Archaea are a group of single-celled microorganisms that share some similarities with bacteria. Archaea live in extreme environments such as places with very high temperatures and salt concentrations. Archaea lack cell nuclei and have a unique cell wall structure that enables them to survive in such hostile environments.
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The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2025
Microbiology
As bacterial pathogens evolve, the common antibiotics used to treat these bacterial infections have become less effectiv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2025
Microbiology
This work has also created a kind of "treasure map" that investigators can use to fill in the gaps in our knowledge.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2024
Microbiology
All complex life on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells, which are more sophisticated t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Researchers went 'bioprospecting' in marine microbes, looking for those that can perform helpful functions like eating p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Archaea are a major branch of life, but we still have a lot to learn about these microbes, which were only discovered in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Microbiology
In the late 1970s, a new branch was added to the tree of life, and archaea joined bacteria and eukarya, as domain classi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are a relatively recently discovered group of microorganisms that occupy their own branch on the tree of life. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
What is the last common ancestor of all plants and animals? Where did complex life come from and when? Scientists have b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Microbiology
We share the world with vast numbers of microbes, including archaea, bacteria, and viruses. These microbes have numerous
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2023
Microbiology
Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
While testing a new way to sequence genes, researchers stumbled upon a very rare divergence in the genetic code, which t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Immunology
The gut microbiome has been getting a lot of attention in the past decade. It is made up of bacteria, archaea, and fungi
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUL 10, 2023
Microbiology
A few years ago, scientists discovered that a species of bacteria called Geobacter carried an appendage that could condu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Infographics
Microorganisms have colonized nearly every part of the world, including the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2023
Microbiology
The planet is warming,especially in the Arctic. That is causing permafrost to melt, which is unleashing the microbes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes can easily share genes. And it seems they can do so even when they are part of different microbial communities
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch