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Giant Viruses Appear To Be Able To “Invent” Their Own Unique Genes

IFL Science 13 Jun 2018

Long mistaken for bacteria, giant viruses (as their name suggests) are massive ... First discovered on a beach in Santiago, Chile, five years ago, giant viruses changed a lot of what we thought we knew about viruses. Now known as pandoraviruses, scientists had previously found bits of them floating around in the environment, but due to their enormous (relative) size, they assumed they must be a bacteria or archaea. Not so ... ....

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An archaeal primase functions as a nanoscale caliper to define primer length [Biochemistry]

PNAS 11 Jun 2018

The cellular replicative DNA polymerases cannot initiate DNA synthesis without a priming 3′ OH. During DNA replication, this is supplied in the context of a short RNA primer molecule synthesized by DNA primase. The primase of archaea and eukaryotes, despite having varying subunit compositions, share sequence and structural homology. Intriguingly,... ....

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Zymo Research and CosmosID to Deliver Integrated Solution for Accurate Microbiome Analysis

Market Watch 07 Jun 2018

CosmosID is powered by the largest database of microbial genome information which enables strain level resolution of bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, viruses and even unknown microorganisms and Zymo Research's pipeline has proven it can consistently prepare samples that accurately reflect microbial compositions." ... CosmosID was founded in 2008 by Dr ... About Zymo Research Corp. Zymo Research Corp ... For more information, please visit....

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Archaea Family Tree Blossoms, Thanks to Genomics

The Scientist 01 Jun 2018

Identification of new archaea species elucidates the domain's unique biology and sheds light on its relationship to eukaryotes ... ....

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Opinion: Archaea Is Our Evolutionary Sister, Not Mother

The Scientist 01 Jun 2018

The ancient organisms appear to be more closely related to eukaryotes than previously appreciated ... ....

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Can Archaea Tech Us About the Evolution of Eukaroyotes?

The Scientist 01 Jun 2018

The discovery of copious new archaeal species is shedding light on the tree of life and revealing some unique cellular biology ... ....

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Can Archaea Teach Us About the Evolution of Eukaroyotes?

The Scientist 01 Jun 2018

The discovery of copious new archaeal species is shedding light on the tree of life and revealing some unique cellular biology ... ....

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Infographic: Can Archaea Teach Us About the Evolution of Eukaroyotes?

The Scientist 01 Jun 2018

The discovery of copious new archaeal species is shedding light on the tree of life and revealing some unique cellular biology ... ....

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All life on Earth, in one staggering chart

Democratic Underground 30 May 2018

https.//www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/29/17386112/all-life-on-earth-chart-weight-plants-animals-pnas ... ... There are the protists (think microscopic life like amoebae), archaea (single-celled organisms somewhat similar to bacteria), fungi (mushrooms and other types of fungus), bacteria (youre familiar with these, right?), plants, and animals ... ....

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The mass of all life on Earth is staggering — until you consider how much ...

Vox 29 May 2018

All life on Earth, in one chart. By weight, human beings are insignificant ... That’s because all the bacteria on Earth combined are about 1,166 times more massive than all the humans ... There are the protists (think microscopic life like amoebae), archaea (single-celled organisms somewhat similar to bacteria), fungi (mushrooms and other types of fungus), bacteria (you’re familiar with these, right?), plants, and animals ... ....

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More than 10,000 people have mailed poop samples into this lab for a health study — here's what they've learned

Business Insider 29 May 2018

More than 10,000 participants have sent their poop to scientists in the largest crowdsourced citizen science project ever. Have you ever wondered what's going on in your poop? Perhaps not ... And we don't just think about it ... For these samples, we decoded the DNA of the bacteria and archaea, another microscopic inhabitant, in each stool sample to get an idea of the types of microbes present and their relative abundance ... and UK populations ... ....

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New Microbe Discovery At Yellowstone Could Hold Clues To The Origins Of Life On Earth

Inquisitr 18 May 2018

In a study published earlier this week in the journal Nature Microbiology , a team of researchers from Montana State University detailed how they discovered a new lineage of single-cell microbes from the archaea domain living in Yellowstone’s iron oxide-rich thermal springs, where conditions are said to be similar to those in Earth’s early years. Click here to continue and read more... ....

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Ancient Microbe Discovered In Yellowstone Could Explain Origin Of Life On Earth And Its Potential On Other Planets

IFL Science 16 May 2018

After a decade of research, scientists studying geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park have found a new lineage of the ancient life form archaea ... Archaea are perhaps the oldest life forms on Earth and join the ranks of bacteria and eukaryotes – which contain humans and other complex species – to make up the three domains of life....

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