N-Glycosylation is a vital post‐translational modification in archaea that involves the attachment of oligosaccharide chains to specific asparagine residues on target proteins.

Cellular division strategy shared across all domains of life Date: December 19, 2017 Source: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Summary: The three domains of life — archaea ...

In fact, it is one of the last, largely untapped, natural resources on our planet." Halobacterium NRC-1 is a member of the archaea, the third branch of life in the biological world.

More information: Yoshiaki Kinosita et al, Direct observation of rotation and steps of the archaellum in the swimming halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum, Nature Microbiology (2016).