The cell wall, a major barrier protecting cells from their environment, is an essential
compartment of both bacteria and archaea. It protects the organism from internal turgor …

Methanogenic archaea, which are integral to global carbon and nitrogen cycling, currently
face challenges in genetic manipulation due to unique physiology and limited genetic tools …

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 25 times more efficient at trapping heat than carbon
dioxide. Ruminant methane emissions contribute almost 30% to anthropogenic sources of …

Lactococcus lactis expresses the homologous glucosaminidases AcmB, AcmC, AcmA and
AcmD. The latter two have three C-terminal LysM repeats for peptidoglycan binding. AcmD …

Archaeal viruses display a high degree of structural and genomic diversity. Few details are
known about the mechanisms by which these viruses enter and exit their host cells …

Viruses infect members of domains Bacteria, Eukarya, and Archaea. While those infecting
domain Eukarya are nearly universally described as “Viruses”, those of domain Bacteria, to …

Pseudomurein endoisopeptidases cause lysis of the cell walls of methanogens by cleaving
the isopeptide bond Ala‐ε‐Lys in the peptide chain of pseudomurein. PeiW and PeiP are …

The major murein and pseudomurein cell wall-binding domains, ie, the Lysin Motif
(LysM)(Pfam PF01476) and pseudomurein cell wall-binding (PMB)(Pfam PF09373) motif …

Symbiotic interactions are frequently observed amongst members of the complex microbial
community inhabiting the fermentative forestomach (rumen) of ruminant animals. In this …

Pseudomurein endoisopeptidases cause lysis of the cell walls of methanogens by cleaving
the isopeptide bond Ala-𝜀-Lys in the peptide chain of pseudomurein. PeiW and PeiP are …