Share on Pinterest New research sheds light on archaea — an important part of the human microbiome. Victor Torres/Stocksy The human microbiome includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea. Most ...

Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in health and disease are beginning to trickle in. Methanogens are not the only ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot less about them. Like bacteria, archaea also don't have a nucleus, and have ...

Demand for biogas is booming. Archaea Energy is a leading supplier of the low-carbon fuel, making it an attractive takeover target. Under the terms of the deal, BP will purchase Archaea Energy for ...

Single-celled archaea microbes pack their DNA into flexible coils that expand and stretch much like a Slinky does. This kind of molecular gymnastics had never been seen before in other organisms and ...

Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and scientists still have a lot to learn about them. One challenge is that archaea are difficult to raise in the laboratory. As of ...

The plant converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas, reducing emissions, improving air quality and providing fuel for potential use in homes, businesses and transportation. Deployment ...

As bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and other antibacterials, there is a growing need for alternatives. In a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, Tobias ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

Led by Jizhong Zhou, Ph.D., the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at the University of Oklahoma, an international research team conducted a long term experiment that found that ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archaea Energy Inc. (“Archaea,” “the Company,” or “we”) (NYSE: LFG), one of the largest producers of renewable natural gas (“RNG”) in the U.S., today announced financial and ...