A new methane-producing archaeal species, Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov., and a variant of Methanobrevibacter smithii (GRAZ-2) have been identified in the human gut. M. intestini produces ...

Scientists have documented for the first time that animals can and do consume Archaea – a type of single-celled microorganism thought to be among the most abundant life forms on Earth. Archaea ...

Microbes in the gut microbiome also influence each other. For example, we know that archaea can produce methane as they take up chemicals that are produced during bacterial fermentation. "We were ...

According to a paper recently published in Nature, researchers now think they've homed in on the particular species of archaea that may have done it: Lokiarchaea, initially described last year ...

It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just bacteria. A study has found that the skin microbiome also contains archaea, a type of extreme ...

This new work by Youngblut and colleagues expands the evolutionary scale from humans to all vertebrates and shows evidence of an ancient association between archaea and animals. The researchers show ...

Image Credit: Micro0ne / Shutterstock.com Major types of microbes There are several types of microbes, which include bacteria, archaea, protozoa, fungi, algae, lichens, slime molds, viruses, and ...

To survive in extreme habitats, archaea must assemble a unique cell surface, which requires distinct protein-secretion systems. In this Review, Arnold Driessen and colleagues outline the ...

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 ...

A first look into the molecular defenses of archaea highlights the importance of surveying diverse microbes to discover new types of antimicrobials As bacteria become increasingly resistant to ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A team of scientists has documented for the first time that animals can and do consume Archaea – a type of single-celled microorganism thought to be among the most abundant ...