"Asgardians," a single lineage of archaea, may be the starting point of it all, according to a study published in the journal Nature. After investigating the genomes of hundreds of archaeal microbes, ...
From different angles, EMBL researchers are looking at archaea with the hope these understudied organisms will answer ...
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and scientists still have a lot to learn about them. One challenge is that archaea are difficult to raise in the laboratory. As of ...
Scanning electron micrograph of Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 861 (=PS T), Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 2375 (=ALI), Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 and WWM1085. Credit: International Journal of ...
In an article published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the authors discussed the involvement of archaea, a lesser-known but important component of the human microbiome, in various ...