The past decade has revealed the diversity and ubiquity of archaea in nature, with a growing
number of studies highlighting their importance in ecology, biotechnology and even human …

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 …

Pili are filamentous surface extensions that play roles in bacterial and archaeal cellular
processes such as adhesion, biofilm formation, motility, cell-cell communication, DNA …

Thermoacidophilic archaea belonging to the order Sulfolobales thrive in extreme biotopes,
such as sulfuric hot springs and ore deposits. These microorganisms have been model …

Archaea use a molecular machine, called the archaellum, to swim. The archaellum consists
of an ATP-powered intracellular motor that drives the rotation of an extracellular filament …

Live-cell imaging has revolutionized our understanding of dynamic cellular processes in
bacteria and eukaryotes. Although similar techniques have been applied to the study of …

Type IV pili are filamentous appendages found in most bacteria and archaea, where they
can support functions such as surface adhesion, DNA uptake, aggregation, and motility. In …

Many prokaryotes use swimming motility to move toward favorable conditions and escape
adverse surroundings. Regulatory mechanisms governing bacterial flagella-driven motility …

Each of the three Domains of life, Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea, have swimming structures
that were all originally called flagella, despite the fact that none were evolutionarily related to …

The archaeal cytoplasmic membrane provides an anchor for many surface proteins.
Recently, a novel membrane anchoring mechanism involving a peptidase, archaeosortase …