Biocommunication of Archaea

Dr. Guenther Witzany, Telos- Philosophische Praxis,  Buermoos, Salzburg, Austria

Preface.- 1. Introduction: Keylevels of Biocommunication of Archaea.- 2. The Cooccurrence of Archaea and Bacteria among Diverse Globally Distributed Ecosystems.- 3. Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Between Archaea and Bacteria.- 4. Why Archaea are Limited in their Exploitation of Other, Living Organisms.- 5. Archaeal Surface Structures and Their Role in Communication with the Extracellular Environment.- 6. Archaeal Biocommunication in Hot Springs Revealed by Metagenomics.- 7. Sexual Communication in Archaea, the Precursor to Eukaryotic Meiosis.- 8. Quorum Sensing in Archaea: Recent Advances and Emerging Directions.- 9. Biofilm Lifestyle of Thermophile and Acidophile Archaea.- 10. The Compressed Vocabulary of the Proteins of Archaea.- 11. KaiC-like ATPases as Signal Transduction Hubs in Archaea.- 12. Archaea were Trailblazers in Signaling Evolution: Protein Adaptation and Structural Fluidity as a Form of Intracellular Communication.- 13. Protein Phosphorylation-Dephosphorylationand Signal Processing in the Archaea.- 14. Secondary Metabolites in Archaea and Extreme Environments.- 15. Evolutionary Interaction Between Archaeal-Eukaryal Cell Lineages and Viruses.- 16. Inteins as Indicators of Bio-Communication.- 17. Riboswitches: Regulatory ncRNAs in Archaea.- 18. DNA Damage Repair in Archaea.- 19. Archaeal Lipids as an Adaptation to Higher Temperatures?