Archaea : New Models for Prokaryotic Biology

Archaea is widely accepted now as one of two lineages of prokaryotes, the other being Bacteria, and recent developments in genomics and proteomics have accelerated comparative biochemical studies on its members. Here scientists from a wide range of biological sciences review recent research, emphasizing metallo-bio-chemistry, respiration, sugar catabolism, information processing pathways, and how findings about Archaea organisms are being used to illuminate features of eukaryotes and other prokaryotes. Annotation 2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)