Modern genome-scale methods that identify new genes, such as proteogenomics and
ribosome profiling, have revealed, to the surprise of many, that overlap in genes, open …

Over the years, in order to survive in their natural environment, microbial communities have
acquired adaptations to nonoptimal growth conditions. These shifts are usually related to …

Viruses are important ecological, biogeochemical, and evolutionary drivers in every
environment. Upon infection, they often cause the lysis of the host cell. However, some …

High-throughput methods, such as ribosome profiling, have revealed the complexity of
translation regulation in Bacteria and Eukarya with large-scale effects on cellular functions …

Haloarchaea are extremophilic microorganisms that in their natural ecosystem encounter
several sources of oxidative stress. They have developed different strategies to cope with …

In most bacteria, cell division depends on the tubulin homolog FtsZ and other proteins, such
as SepF, that form a complex termed the divisome. Cell division also depends on FtsZ in …

Timely regulation of carbon metabolic pathways is essential for cellular processes and to
prevent futile cycling of intracellular metabolites. In Halobacterium salinarum, a hypersaline …

Communication shapes life on Earth. Transference of information has played a paramount
role on the evolution of all living or extinct organisms since the appearance of life. Success …

Background The extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax (Hfx.) alexandrinus DSM 27206 T
was previously documented for the ability to biosynthesize silver nanoparticles while …

Haloferax volcanii is a well-established model species for haloarchaea. Small scale
RNomics and bioinformatics predictions were used to identify small non-coding RNAs …