Scientists have yet to determine precisely how novel archaea should be classified. Also in dispute is how Eukarya fit into the picture—some scientists suggest they’re an offshoot of a branch known as ...

Earth’s immense web of life fill three broad domains—archaea, bacteria, and eukarya. Scientists from Monash University recently discovered hydrogen-producing enzymes in archaea, which were ...

Two recent reports have identified a new Sec synthase that catalyzes the last step in the generation of this aminoacyl-tRNA in eukarya and archaea.

As a postdoctoral researcher in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at Austin, Leão explored the archaeal origins of eukaryotes, or eukaryogenesis. Leão and his team used a database of ...