Archaea are mostly extremophiles, living in conditions of high salinity, low or high temperatures, pressure, extreme pH or in the presence of heavy metals 1. Exposure of humans to extremophilic, ...

Bacteria and Eucarya utilize the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to direct the ribose moieties of nucleosides to central carbon metabolism. Many archaea do not possess this pathway, and ...

Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in health and disease are beginning to trickle in. Methanogens are not the only ...