A research group co-led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign predicts that a surprisingly adaptable species of marine archaea will play an important role in reshaping biodiversity in the ...

Some extremophiles are beyond extreme, thriving in conditions that would wipe out most life-forms. Piezophiles are organisms that prefer high-pressure conditions and have adapted their metabolisms ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how ...

Archaeal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting functions and processes of Archaea, a domain of organisms that comprise single, nucleus-free cells, distinct from bacteria and ...

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, NSW, Australia, Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, ...