Studies of the Archaea have had a substantial impact on the field of biology. Carl Woese carried out several pioneering studies, examining the evolution of the genetic code, the translation apparatus ...

Researchers investigate into the various lineages of Asgard archae, and determine one related to Hods as the ancestor of ...

Microbiology has always been about recognizing the scale of what is unknown. In the beginning, the unknown was that microbes existed at all. The invention of the microscope proved that these tiny, ...

Share on Pinterest New research sheds light on archaea — an important part of the human microbiome. Victor Torres/Stocksy The human microbiome includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea. Most ...

The biodiversity of the Earth never ceases to astonish. One example that has radically changed the face of biology is the discovery of a group of organisms called archaea (pronounced “ar-kee-ah”). It ...