Archaea

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes. 
  • A regulatory hierarchy controls the dynamic transcriptional response to extreme oxidative stress in archaea. 
  • Archaeal cells share common size control with bacteria despite noisier growth and division. 
  • Cell division without FtsZ--a variety of redundant mechanisms. 
  • Comparative Analysis of rRNA Removal Methods for RNA-Seq Differential Expression in Halophilic Archaea. 
  • Cytoskeleton. Evolution in bacteria. 
  • Ecological and Genomic Attributes of Novel Bacterial Taxa That Thrive in Subsurface Soil Horizons. 
  • Endosymbiosis. 
  • Functional advantages conferred by extracellular prokaryotic membrane vesicles. 
  • Identification of molybdopterin as the organic component of the tungsten cofactor in four enzymes from hyperthermophilic Archaea. 
  • Landscape position influences microbial composition and function via redistribution of soil water across a watershed. 
  • Linking microbial community structure and microbial processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. 
  • Lipid sugar carriers at the extremes: The phosphodolichols Archaea use in N-glycosylation. 
  • Metagenomic and small-subunit rRNA analyses reveal the genetic diversity of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in soil. 
  • Multiple horizontal gene transfers of ammonium transporters/ammonia permeases from prokaryotes to eukaryotes: toward a new functional and evolutionary classification. 
  • N-Linked Glycans Are Assembled on Highly Reduced Dolichol Phosphate Carriers in the Hyperthermophilic Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus. 
  • Offense and defense: microbial membrane vesicles play both ways. 
  • Rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion. 
  • Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA+ ATPase domains. 
  • SnapShot: Microbial Extremophiles. 
  • Systems biology approaches to defining transcription regulatory networks in halophilic archaea. 
  • The Hypersaline Archaeal Histones HpyA and HstA Are DNA Binding Proteins That Defy Categorization According to Commonly Used Functional Criteria. 
  • The Populus holobiont: dissecting the effects of plant niches and genotype on the microbiome. 
  • The Ribbon-Helix-Helix Domain Protein CdrS Regulates the Tubulin Homolog ftsZ2 To Control Cell Division in Archaea. 
  • The effects of selection against spurious transcription factor binding sites. 
  • Transcriptional Regulation in Archaea: From Individual Genes to Global Regulatory Networks. 
  • TrmB Family Transcription Factor as a Thiol-Based Regulator of Oxidative Stress Response. 
  • Unisexual reproduction drives evolution of eukaryotic microbial pathogens. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology
  • Schmid, Amy K., David M. Goodner Associate Professor, Duke Science & Society
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology