An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (Braunschweig, Germany)—and the University of Illinois (U.S ...
Beyond bacteria, fungi and archaea are emerging as powerful regulators of digestion, immunity, and disease risk, revealing how cross-kingdom microbial networks help shape human health and offer new ...
The intestinal microbiota plays key roles in host health 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. It is composed of bacteria, archaea, microbial eukaryotes, and viruses/phages. Several studies have unveiled features that ...
We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, ...
The microbial community composition of five distinct thermophilic hot springs was effectively described in this work, using broad-coverage nanopore sequencing (ONT MinION sequencer). By examining ...
An artist’s depiction of an Asgard archaeon, based on cryo-electron tomography data: the cell body and appendages feature thread-like skeletal structures, similar to those found in complex cells with ...
Every summer from 2013 to 2015, Dimitry Sorokin waded into the shallow, briny, alkaline lakes of Siberia’s Kulunda Steppe. Pale carbonate minerals crusted the pools’ edges, where lambs, too young to ...
Archaea are a relatively recently discovered group of microorganisms that occupy their own branch on the tree of life. Though similar in some ways to bacteria, they are not the same. Researchers have ...
Living in the Dead Sea would be a very unpleasant experience for most creatures. With salt concentration above 30% and temperatures ranging from 10–50°C, it takes unique environmental adaptations to ...