Archaea and bacteria are two different domains of cellular life. They are both prokaryotes, as they are unicellular and lack a nucleus. They also look similar (even under a microscope). However ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

For example, some of the enzymes they use to process, ... Yes - he was correct in separating archaea from bacteria, but maybe his three-domain system was wrong to separate them from eukaryotes.

O ver 1500 bacterial species can cause human disease, as can hundreds of eukaryotic pests, like fungi, protists, and helminth worms.But there is a third domain of life missing from medical literature: ...

Although they appear similar to bacteria under the microscope, they differ in many basic aspects: for example, in their cell membrane, metabolic pathways and genetic characteristics.

Archaea, key players in the human microbiome, are linked to various diseases but their pathogenic potential remains speculative. This study highlights their role in conditions like periodontitis ...

To learn more about why naming the planet’s uncultured microbes is so essential, The Scientist spoke with study coauthor William Whitman, a microbiologist at the University of Georgia, who first ...

The division of all living organisms into the three domains of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes did not hold up to this surprising discovery. Some researchers have since proposed regarding eukaryotes ...

Archaea are single celled organisms that were long believed to be a specific group of bacteria. Similar to bacteria, they do not have a nucleus with dna, or other organelles within their cells.