Viruses typically lack many of the genes that are universal among the three domains of cellular life — in particular, genes for translation system components. However, a small core of viral ...

(B) The rooted three-domain tree. (C) The network of life. A: archaea; B: bacteria; E: eukaryote; LUCA: last universal common ancestor of cellular life-forms. The question mark indicates the ...

Earth’s immense web of life fill three broad domains—archaea, bacteria, and eukarya. Scientists from Monash University recently discovered hydrogen-producing enzymes in archaea, which were ...