The discovery of Archaea as a distinct, new domain of cellular life stimulated extensive studies into the molecular biology of these microbes, many of which thrive in unusual, extremely hot or ...

“Literally every single day he sat in front of those fingerprints and analyzed them,” says George Fox, a postdoctoral fellow in the Woese lab from 1973 to 1977 and now a professor of biology and ...

An international scientific team has redefined our understanding of archaea, a microbial ancestor ... rewrites the textbook ...

The discovery of a previously underestimated capability in archaeal, one of the three primary domains of life, is changing our comprehension of energy generation and the origins of eukaryotic life.

He has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Caltech and a PhD in molecular biology ... as well as in a few bacteria and archaea species, the new study establishes divergent transcription—the reading of ...

Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the ...