The past decade has revealed the diversity and ubiquity of archaea in nature, with a growing
number of studies highlighting their importance in ecology, biotechnology and even human …

Archaea remains the least-studied and least-characterized domain of life despite its
significance not just to the ecology of our planet but also to the evolution of eukaryotes. It is …

Conjugation is a major mechanism of horizontal gene transfer promoting the spread of
antibiotic resistance among human pathogens. It involves establishing a junction between a …

All living cells sense and respond to changes in external or internal conditions. Without that
cognitive capacity, they could not obtain nutrition essential for growth, survive inevitable …

Archaeal viruses with a spindle-shaped virion are abundant and widespread in extremely
diverse environments. However, efforts to obtain the high-resolution structure of a spindle …

Amongst the major types of archaeal filaments, several have been shown to closely
resemble bacterial homologues of the Type IV pili (T4P). Within Sulfolobales, member …

Thermoacidophilic archaea belonging to the order Sulfolobales thrive in extreme biotopes,
such as sulfuric hot springs and ore deposits. These microorganisms have been model …

This review is the tenth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

Genome analysis points to N‐glycosylation as being an almost universal posttranslational
modification in Archaea. Although such predictions have been confirmed in only a limited …

Type IV pili are filamentous appendages found in most bacteria and archaea, where they
can support functions such as surface adhesion, DNA uptake, aggregation, and motility. In …