Asking ‘what is life?’ is a good way to start arguments in science. As a recent informal poll suggests, no two individuals ...

Since their discovery in 1977, deep-sea hydrothermal vents have provided one of the few environments on Earth for searching for the upper temperature limits of life; these ecosystems may represent ...

A new study of the ecology of an enigmatic group of novel unicellular organisms by scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich supports the idea hydrogen played an important role ...

Microorganisms play an important role in global nutrient cycles. A research team has isolated the first ammonium oxidizing Archaeon from a soil in Vienna and thus proved its activity. Microorganisms ...

Sulfolobus islandicus, an archaeal model organism, offers unique advantages for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology applications owing to its ability to thrive under low pH and high ...