Wall-less bacteria are broadly distributed in diverse habitats. They evolved from a common
ancestor within the Firmicutes phylum through reductive evolution. Here, we report the …

Holobionts are highly organized assemblages of eukaryotic hosts, cellular microbial
symbionts, and viruses, whose interactions and evolution involve complex biological …

Halophilic archaea (haloarchaea) are known to exhibit multiple chromosomes, with one
main chromosome and one or several smaller secondary chromosomes or megaplasmids …

Archaea are members of a separate domain of life that have unique properties, such as the
composition of their cell walls and the structure of their lipid bilayers. Consequently …

Halorubrum lacusprofundi is a cold-adapted halophilic archaeon isolated from Deep Lake,
Antarctica. Hrr. lacusprofundi is commonly used to study adaptation to cold environments …

Planctomycetes bacteria are ubiquitously distributed across various biospheres and play
key roles in global element cycles. However, few deep-sea Planctomycetes members have …

Archaeal pleomorphic viruses belonging to the Pleolipoviridae family represent an
enigmatic group as they exhibit unique genomic features and are thought to have evolved …

Since their discovery, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have changed our view on how organisms
interact with their extracellular world. EVs are able to traffic a diverse array of molecules …

N-glycosylation is a post-translational modification of proteins that occurs across all three
domains of life. In Archaea, N-glycosylation is crucial for cell stability and motility, but …

Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and play key roles in various ecosystems. Notably, some
viruses (eg bacteriophage) exhibit alternative life cycles, such as chronic infections without …