In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new and previously undiscovered form of microbes.

Novel bacteria parasitizing archaea. Hokkaido University. Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.006668. Keywords /Life sciences/ Microbiology ...

Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.' ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

With the exception of two known proteins, bacteria are generally thought to lack histones, having evolved an independent set of DNA-folding histonelike proteins instead. As evolutionary biologist ...