Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in ...

This new research uncovers a remarkable capacity within archaea to organize beyond their single-celled existence under specific physical conditions. Intrigued by the unique combination of genetic and ...

A single-celled microbe that revels in Earth's most hostile salt lakes has the remarkable ability to transform its mote of a ...

Lead researcher Alex Bisson from Brandeis University explains, "The absence of a covalent-bound cell wall suggests a more dynamic, but less rigid structure, leading to the hypothesis that archaea ...

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes mistaken for bacteria due to their single-celled nature and lack of a nucleus.

Bioengineering nonprofit Cultivarium is embarking on a three-year journey to develop tools and resources for scientists ...

whereas the oblong red shape denotes a typical archaeon with a cell wall. A: archaea; B: bacteria; E: eukaryote; LUCA: last universal common ancestor of cellular life-forms; LECA: last eukaryotic ...