In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...

Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule ...

It was only then that they realized they were dealing with a previously unknown group of archaea. Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms. Genetically, however, there are significant ...

It was only then that they realised they were dealing with a previously unknown group of archaea. Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms. Genetically, however, there are significant ...

Woese and Fox determined the sequences of the oligonucleotide fragments—each about 6 to 14 nucleotides long—and recorded them on 80-column IBM punch cards. The team then compared the catalog of ...

For example, when scientists build trees for the numerous genes encoding metabolic enzymes or membrane transport proteins, the separation of archaea and bacteria is almost never precisely ...

We deduced that the involved organisms must acquire cellular energy ... of chemicals also important to humans (as vitamin B2, ...

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