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Open AccessNADH and NADPH peroxidases as antioxidant defense mechanisms in intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria
Animal and human feces typically include intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Hydrogen sulfide and acetate are the end products of their dissimilatory sulfate reduction and may create a synergistic effe...
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Open AccessActin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon
Asgard archaea are considered to be the closest known relatives of eukaryotes. Their genomes contain hundreds of eukaryotic signature proteins (ESPs), which inspired hypotheses on the evolution of the eukaryot...
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Open AccessSepF is the FtsZ anchor in archaea, with features of an ancestral cell division system
Most archaea divide by binary fission using an FtsZ-based system similar to that of bacteria, but they lack many of the divisome components described in model bacterial organisms. Notably, among the multiple f...
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Open AccessExploring the microbial biotransformation of extraterrestrial material on nanometer scale
Exploration of microbial-meteorite redox interactions highlights the possibility of bioprocessing of extraterrestrial metal resources and reveals specific microbial fingerprints left on extraterrestrial materi...
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Open AccessBiological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions
The detection of silica-rich dust particles, as an indication for ongoing hydrothermal activity, and the presence of water and organic molecules in the plume of Enceladus, have made Saturn’s icy moon a hot spo...