How can #extremophilic #archaea make proteins in almost boiling water?

At #Biochemistry2026, Schraga Schwartz gave an inspiring lecture about the many interesting #RNA modifications these organisms are using and how they can be studied.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867425010827
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio
CC: @gdch, @GDCh_BioChem

Astronomers identified 26 new bacterial species in NASA's clean rooms where the Phoenix Martian lander was assembled and tested.

Among the most sterile environments on Earth, #extremophilic #bacteria resistant to chemical cleaning products and UV rays have been found there.

These particularly resistant microorganisms raise questions about the risks of spatial contamination,
-- but could also potentially pave the way for applications in biomedicine.

https://trustmyscience.com/bacteries-inconnues-resistent-salles-blanches-nasa-26-nouvelles-especes-identifiees/

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 1, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc020125

#Yellowstone #rhyolitic #magma #caldera #magnetotellurics #Alvin #abyssal #hadal #extremophilic #HOV #AI-designed #3D-printed #nanomaterials #nanolattice #geometries #MAV #SUPER #lidar #two-trajectory #mini-brains #HSV-1 #Alzheimer’s #latent #infections

New #ISEPpapers #preprint! #Nucleomorph #phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte #plastids within #Rhodophyta: @animalculum et al. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.10.584144v2

"Our analyses place cryptophyte #nucleomorphs as sister to the #extremophilic #Cyanidiophytina. This conflicts with published analyses based on plastidial genes that placed red complex #plastids closer to the mesophilic #Rhodophytina"

#Protists #Algae #Evolution #Genomics #Phylogeny #Photosynthesis #Microbes