An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Researchers found LUCA, our earliest common ancestor, lived 4.2 billion years ago. It had a complex biology, affecting its ...

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth: the origin of the ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch.

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But scientists have only begun to unlock the secrets of this ancient arms race.

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 ...

On the basis of the bacteria and archaea communities and their distribution in the waters, the UPV/EHU researchers saw that ...

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside Bacteria and Eukaryota—are often overlooked and sometimes mistaken ...