Baum and Dey say they now plan to explore the basic cell biology of
the related archaea Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, first isolated from an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
Not exact matches
Despite that archaeal cells were simple and small like bacteria, researchers found that
Archaea were more closely
related to organisms with complex cell types, a group collectively known as «eukaryotes».
She sketches the system in its natural state, as scientists have observed it in bacteria and
related organisms called
Archaea.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that co-opts an immune system already present in bacteria and
archaea to turn off specific genes or sets of genes — creating a powerful tool for future research on genetics and
related fields.
Other theories hold that the prokaryotes that gave rise to early eukaryotes were probably from the Domain
Archaea, both because of several key characteristics and because DNA sequence comparison suggest that archaeans are more closely
related to the eukaryotes than are eubacteria.
Despite that archaeal cells were simple and small like bacteria, Woese found that
Archaea were more closely
related to organisms with complex cell types, a group collectively known as «eukaryotes».
Next a separate team of researchers uncovered genetic material from a
related type of
archaea in a North Carolina estuary.