Phosphates are known to be essential for plant growth and development, with phosphorus
compounds being involved in various physiological and biochemical reactions. Phosphates …

At first glance, archaea and bacteria look alike; however, the composition of the archaeal
cell envelope is fundamentally different from the bacterial cell envelope. With just one …

Xylose is a major component of lignocellulose and the second most abundant sugar present
in nature. Efficient utilization of xylose is required for the development of economically viable …

The metabolism of Archaea, the third domain of life, resembles in its complexity those of
Bacteria and lower Eukarya. However, this metabolic complexity in Archaea is accompanied …

The genome of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 contains 2,992,245 bp on a
single chromosome and encodes 2,977 proteins and many RNAs. One-third of the encoded …

The tree of life is split into three main branches: eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea. Our
knowledge of eukaryotic and bacteria cell biology has been built on a foundation of studies …

The cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria and archaea determine to a large extent the
composition of the cytoplasm. Since the ion and in particular the proton and/or the sodium …

Since their discovery in the 1960s as 'osmotic shock-sensitive'transporters, a plethora of so-
called binding protein-dependent (canonical) ATP-binding cassette (ABC) importers has …

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is an aerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon which grows
optimally at 80° C and pH 2 in terrestrial solfataric springs. Here, we describe the genome …

An early divergence in evolution has resulted in two prokaryotic domains, the Bacteria and
the Archaea. Whereas the central metabolic routes of bacteria and eukaryotes are generally …