Everything you need to know about extremophiles. Some of the frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. What are extremophiles? Ans. The extremophiles are the organisms which grow under extreme environmental conditions like temperature, salinity, pH, anaerobic conditions (sensitive to oxygen), extreme atmospheric pressure, water stress and others under which other organisms will generally not grow or the conditions that [...]
Everything you need to know about microbial diversity. Some of the frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. What is microbial diversity? Ans. The microbial diversity is the diversification (variations) among microorganisms both non-cellular and cellular, and prokaryotic and eukaryotic on the basis of their structure and function. Q.2. What is microbial mat? Ans. It is a complex benthic microbial [...]
In this article we will discuss about the unique characteristics of cell membrane of archaea. A unique characteristic of Archaea is the presence of ether linkages in the lipids of their cytoplasmic membranes which distinguishes archaea form eukaryotes and most bacteria. The structure of cytoplasmic membranes of many archaea is a lipid bilayer composed of glycerol diether lipids which is [...]