The cell envelope of archaea is fundamentally different from bacteria in that it does not contain peptidoglycan, and archaeal membranes are composed of ether lipids instead of ester lipids.

Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in health and disease are beginning to trickle in. Kamal is a freelance science ...

In recent years, Archaea's connection to us has been pretty huge and surprising. The unexpected discovery of an entirely new domain of life was pretty huge and surprising - even if archaea do just ...

In 1884, a bacteriologist named Christian Gram created a test that could determine if a bacterium had a thick, mesh-like surrounding cell membrane called peptidoglycan, which is composed of sugars ...

Their study shows that these archaea are very 'picky eaters', which might drive their hosts to change the menu. A parasite that not only feeds of its host, but also makes the host change its own ...

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 ...

Archaea in a warming climate become less diverse, more predictable Date: May 5, 2023 Source: University of Oklahoma Summary: Using a long-term multifactor experimental field site researchers ...

nov. (strain WWM1085). Archaea are a distinct domain of life—along with bacteria and eukaryotes (i.e., organisms with a cell nucleus such as animals, plants and fungi). Although they appear ...