Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus features chemical signatures consistent with an alkaline soda ocean with H2 production via hydrothermal water-rock reactions. Chemolithoautotrophic methanogenesis is thermo...

In eukaryotes, ribosome biogenesis initiates within the nucleolus, a hallmark multilayered compartment of the nucleus. Structures of pre-ribosomes have been characterized ex situ, but their assembly p...

A biofilm-like mode of growth is hypothesized to be required for the emergence of cellular life. Occurrence of common biofilm gene products in current Bacteria and Archaea is an indication for their ....

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Die Fachgesellschaft „International Society of Endobiology“ zeichnete am 15. September 2026 Prof. Dr. Eva Nowack, Leiterin des Instituts für Mikrobielle Zellbiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düs...

Nitrogenases are enzymes that convert atmospheric N2 into ammonia, thus providing bioavailable nitrogen to living organisms. Here, Maslać et al. describe a highly thermostable, simple nitrogenase from...

Carbonic anhydrase (E.C. 4.2.1.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 to carbonic acid (H2CO3), which dissociates to bicarbonate (HCO3-) at intracellular pH. Copious amounts of...

Multicellular cyanobacteria have evolved sophisticated cell–cell communication machinery to exchange, synchronize, and coordinate the efforts of individual cells. Analogous to gap junctions that have ...

Lichens are stable multipartite symbioses in which a fungal mycobiont associates with one or more photosynthetic partners while hosting complex microbiomes. Secreted antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) have...

In bacteria, glutamine synthetase (GS) is the main ammonium assimilation enzyme. Its activity is tightly regulated according to cellular energy status and carbon/nitrogen balance through reversible AM...

Cyanobacteria are a globally abundant bacterial phylum that make key contributions to primary production and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems. However, some cyanobacteria also cause substantial ...

While partner-switching systems are classically associated with stress responses and sporulation control in Firmicutes, whether this regulatory logic governs developmental decisions in other bacterial...