Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our seventh episode, our hosts Priyanka Chatterjee and Dr. Connor Hines discuss Methanogens, the dinosaur killing Archaea! In the second part of the episode, Connor interviews Prof. Nicole Buan, from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

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For nomenclature changes, current nomenclature can be found here

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Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our sixth episode, our hosts Priyanka Chatterjee and Dr. Connor Hines discuss the archaea that are very close to home–the ones that can live in and on us! In the second part of the episode, Priyanka interviews Dr. Christine Moissl-Eichinger, from the Medical University of Graz in Austria.

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For nomenclature changes, current nomenclature can be found here

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Triantafyllou K, Chang C, Pimentel M. 2014. Methanogens, Methane and Gastrointestinal Motility. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 20:31–40.

Probst AJ, Auerbach AK, Moissl-Eichinger C. 2013. Archaea on Human Skin. PLOS ONE 8:e65388.

Matarazzo F, Ribeiro AC, Faveri M, Taddei C, Martinez MB, Mayer MPA. 2012. The domain Archaea in human mucosal surfaces. Clin Microbiol Infect Off Publ Eur Soc Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 18:834–840.

Dridi B, Henry M, Khéchine AE, Raoult D, Drancourt M. 2009. High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection Protocol. PLOS ONE 4:e7063.

Takakura W, Pimentel M. 2020. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Irritable Bowel Syndrome – An Update. Front Psychiatry 11:664.

Hook SE, Wright A-DG, McBride BW. 2010. Methanogens: Methane Producers of the Rumen and Mitigation Strategies. Archaea 2010:945785.

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Kim JY, Whon TW, Lim MY, Kim YB, Kim N, Kwon M-S, Kim J, Lee SH, Choi H-J, Nam I-H, Chung W-H, Kim J-H, Bae J-W, Roh SW, Nam Y-D. 2020. The human gut archaeome: identification of diverse haloarchaea in Korean subjects. Microbiome 8:114.

Moissl-Eichinger C, Probst AJ, Birarda G, Auerbach A, Koskinen K, Wolf P, Holman H-YN. 2017. Human age and skin physiology shape diversity and abundance of Archaea on skin. Sci Rep 7:4039.

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Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our fifth episode, our hosts Priyanka Chatterjee and Dr. Connor Hines talk about Acidophiles, the heavy metal rockin’ Archaea! In the second part of the episode, Connor Hines interviews Prof. Paul Blum, from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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Article link for: “Yellowstone National Park Death: Oregon Man Died In Acidic Hot Spring Trying To ‘Hot Pot’”

Video showing Cans dissolving in Acid

Sacki Dog Meme

Picture of “Ferroplasma acidiphilum”

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For nomenclature changes, current nomenclature can be found here

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Howland, J. L. (2000). The surprising archaea: discovering another domain of life. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195111835

Chen, Lanming, et al. "The genome of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a model organism of the Crenarchaeota."

Ferrer, Manuel, et al. "The cellular machinery of Ferroplasma acidiphilum is iron-protein-dominated."

McCarthy, Samuel, et al. "Expanding the limits of thermoacidophily in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus by adaptive evolution."

Krzmarzick, Mark James, et al. "Diversity and niche of archaea in bioremediation."

Rastädter, Kerstin, et al. "The cell membrane of Sulfolobus spp.-homeoviscous adaption and biotechnological applications."

Baker-Austin, Craig, and Mark Dopson. "Life in acid: pH homeostasis in acidophiles."

Mikael Sehlin, H. B. L. E., and E. Börje Lindström. "Oxidation and reduction of arsenic by Sulfolobus acidocaldarius strain BC."

“Abandoned Mine Drainage”

“Where do acid-sulfate hot springs come from and why are they important?”

Nordstrom, D. Kirk, James W. Ball, and R. Blaine McCleskey. "Ground water to surface water: chemistry of thermal outflows in Yellowstone National Park." Geothermal biology and geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park (2005): 73-94.