Planctomycetes challenge our concept of the bacterial cell and of a prokaryote as a cell structure type, as well as our ideas about origins of the eukaryote nucleus. Planctomycetes Are Important ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held views of evolution.

“This should have a major effect on textbook treatment of these subjects.” Since the late 1980s, all life forms have been split into three groups on the phylogenetic tree of life: bacteria, archaea, ...

Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule ...

In the three-domain model, eukaryotes belong to a separate branch that shares a common ancestor with archaea. But phylogenetic analyses suggest that complex cells emerged from within the archaea. This ...

eukaryotic cells is essential for drug development. Many antibiotics target specific differences in prokaryotic proteins, ...