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Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan
Metatranscriptome sequencing expanded the known diversity of the bacterial RNA virome, suggesting that additional riboviruses infecting bacterial...
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Archaea: An Agro-Ecological Perspective
Microorganisms inhabiting bulk soil and rhizosphere play an important role in soil biogeochemical cycles leading to enhanced plant growth and...
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Unraveling the multiplicity of geranylgeranyl reductases in Archaea: potential roles in saturation of terpenoids
The enzymology of the key steps in the archaeal phospholipid biosynthetic pathway has been elucidated in recent years. In contrast, the complete...
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Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea
Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically, microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene...
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Biological role of the major AP (abasic site) endonuclease of an archaeon from geothermal environments
Archaea and bacteria in geothermal environments are predicted to suffer DNA depurination in vivo at high rates, which raises questions regarding the...
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Defining heat shock response for the thermoacidophilic model crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
The crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius , growing optimally at temperatures between 75 and 80 °C, thrives in volcanic hot spring habitats that are...
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Pentose degradation in archaea: Halorhabdus species degrade D-xylose, L-arabinose and D-ribose via bacterial-type pathways
The degradation of the pentoses d -xylose, l -arabinose and d -ribose in the domain of archaea, in Haloferax volcanii and in Haloarcula and Sulfolobus ...
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Extremophiles and their enzymatic diversity and biotechnological potential
Extremophiles and their enzymes are explored in this review article, which highlights the peculiar adaptations that these organisms have developed to...
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A review on bacterial and archaeal thermostable sulfur oxidoreductases (SORS)-an insight into the biochemical, molecular and in-silico structural comparative analysis of a neglected thermostable enzyme of industrial significance
Diverse thermophilic microorganisms with the potential to withstand extreme physiological conditions have long been investigated and explored for...
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An early origin of iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis machineries before Earth oxygenation
Iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are ubiquitous cofactors essential for life. It is largely thought that the emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis and...
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Archaeal DNA alkylation repair conducted by DNA glycosylase and methyltransferase
AbstractAlkylated bases in DNA created in the presence of endogenous and exogenous alkylating agents are either cytotoxic or mutagenic, or both to a...
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Deepening the knowledge of universal stress proteins in Haloferax mediterranei
AbstractHaloarchaea, like many other microorganisms, have developed defense mechanisms such as universal stress proteins (USPs) to cope with...
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Comparison of Enzymatic Activity of Novel Recombinant L-asparaginases of Extremophiles
AbstractThe activity of novel uncharacterized extremophilic L-asparaginases from the psychrophilic fungi Sclerotinia borealis , the thermoacidophilic...
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Cyanidiales as Polyextreme Eukaryotes
AbstractCyanidiales were named enigmatic microalgae due to their unique polyextreme properties, considered for a very long time unattainable for...
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Cycles of Sulfur, Iron and Manganese
Conversions of sulfur are even more complex than those of nitrogen. Some conversions occur at considerable rates, both chemically and biologically....
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Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial processes is becoming very crucial and demanding for the rapid implementation...
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Genome-wide transcriptional response to silver stress in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax alexandrinus DSM 27206 T
BackgroundThe extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax (Hfx.) alexandrinus DSM 27206 T was previously documented for the ability to biosynthesize...
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Search for Novel Halophilic and Halotolerant Producers of Antimicrobial Compounds in Various Extreme Ecosystems
Abstract —The recent increase of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microorganisms stimulated interest in the search for new antimicrobial compounds...
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Structural and functional adaptation in extremophilic microbial α-amylases
Maintaining stable native conformation of a protein under a given ecological condition is the prerequisite for survival of organisms. Extremophilic...
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The catalytic and structural basis of archaeal glycerophospholipid biosynthesis
Archaeal glycerophospholipids are the main constituents of the cytoplasmic membrane in the archaeal domain of life and fundamentally differ in...
