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 …

Chemotaxis is the directed motility by means of which microbes sense chemical cues and
relocate towards more favorable environments. Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins …

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 …

Motility structures, called flagella, have been described in all three domains of life: Bacteria,
Archaea and Eukarya. These structures are well studied in both Bacteria and Eukarya …

Each of the three domains of life exhibits a unique motility structure: while Bacteria use
flagella, Eukarya employ cilia, and Archaea swim using archaella. Since the new name for …

Recent studies on archaeal motility have shown that the archaeal motility structure is unique
in several aspects. Although it fulfills the same swimming function as the bacterial flagellum …

Echoing the repeated convergent evolution of flight and vision in large eukaryotes,
propulsive swimming motility has evolved independently in microbes in each of the three …

Bacteria and Archaea display a variety of phenotypic traits and can adapt to diverse
ecological niches. However, systematic annotation of prokaryotic phenotypes is lacking. We …

The natural light environment is important to many prokaryotes. Most obviously, phototrophic
prokaryotes need to acclimate their photosynthetic apparatus to the prevailing light …

Cells from all three domains of life on Earth utilize motile macromolecular devices that
protrude from the cell surface to generate forces that allow them to swim through fluid media …