Genes and groups of genes commonly shared between species, studies show
...colleagues reported that the biofilms harbor novel archaeal organisms that appear to be extremely small compared to other life forms. "Analysis of how microorganisms respond to their environments and the role of exchange of genetic material in adaptation and evolution is important if we are to understand im...From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea
...just now beginning to focus on the large number of archaeal species that inhabit more mundane environments, in...d a type of lipid, or oily compound, found only in archaeal cell membranes. This finding indicates that an archaean community may have inhabited the region more...Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority
...chleper. The tally suggested that copies of the archaeal gene in the soil samples were up to 3,000 times more abundant than copies of the bacterial gene. High amounts of lipids specific to crenarchaeota confirmed the organism's presence. At Penn State, Schuster used a novel technique to directly sequenc...DOE JGI releases IMG 1.5 with curated archaeal genomes
...ources. Towards this goal, IMG 1.5 now contains 22 archaeal genomes with curated gene models and detailed documentation of the methodology and standards employed for achieving this goal. A separate IMG Curated Archaeal Genomes data mart ( http://img.jgi.doe.gov/archaeal_qa/ ) contains these genomes with thei...The structure of a virus infecting bacteria resembles a human virus
...between a double-stranded DNA bacteriophage and an archaeal virus....Gut reaction: Researchers define the colon's genome
...ms: a bacterium, Bifidobacterium longum , and the archaeal microbe M. smithii . These known organisms showed...iple strains of B. longum , and a majority of its archaeal species is related M. smithii. How many unique bacterial genera or species exist in the colon commu...Prediction of a prokaryotic RNA-silencing system
...rative genomic analysis of CRISPR and cas genes in archaeal and bacterial genome sequences retrieved from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) databases. Makarova et al. identified a number of cas genes that are always located close to CRISPR clusters and encode proteins potentially involved...A salty tale: New bacterial genome sequenced from ancient salterns
...parently also borrowed some genes from neighboring archaeal species, in an unusual example of cross-domain lat...d the other through lateral gene transfer from the archaeal species also living in the salterns." This study is the first to document bacteria adopting the arch...... cases, with fatal results. But some bacterial and archaeal organisms appear to defy nature (as we think of it...by flourishing in extremely high temperatures. The archaeal microbe Pyrobaculum aerophilum , for example--originally found in a boiling marine water hole in It...... and colleagues have effectively reconstituted the archaeal modification guide ribonucleoprotein complex that guides pseudouridylation in vitro in a site-specific manner. This study provides unprecedented insight into the organization and function of pseudouridylation guide RNPs, and Dr. Terns indicates that...