Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of ...

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 were ...

It was only then that they realised they were dealing with a previously unknown group of archaea. Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms. Genetically, however, there are significant ...

This study represents the first successful cultivation of ultrasmall bacteria that parasitize archaea ... and other biochemical characteristics. The bacterium was observed to have limited host ...

This icy oasis is far from barren; it teems with life, particularly archaea, whose diverse and intriguing characteristics have captivated ... This noble group of organisms – neither bacteria nor ...

Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock Archaea are a group of single-celled microorganisms that represent a separate domain of life, next to bacteria and eukarya. Although they typically reside ...

At the very top of the pyramid of life, there are three "domains" of life: eukaryotes (which animals, plants, and fungi fall into), bacteria ... characteristics. They discovered that some archaea ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that a group of microorganisms called Asgard archaea are the origin of all complex ... a group of single-celled organisms that include bacteria.

Archaea and bacteria are two different domains of ... Their chemical makeup and physical characteristics, however, are quite different from one another. Before the discovery of archaea, scientists ...

and grouping organisms based on their characteristics and evolutionary relationships. It starts broad with three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, then subdivides into kingdoms, continuing ...

Scientists have been trying to learn more about archaea since these microbes were discovered in the 1970s. Their DNA is not contained in a nucleus, so they are a type of prokaryote, and were initially ...