The archaea: an invitation to evolution / Carl R. Woese -- General characteristics and important model organisms / Arnulf Kletzin -- DNA replication and cell cycle / Si-Houy Lao-Sirieix, Victoria L. Marsh, and Stephen D. Bell -- DNA-binding proteins and chromatin / Rachel Samson and John N. Reeve -- Mechanisms of genome stability and evolution / Dennis W. Grogan -- Transcription: mechanism and regulation / Michael Thomm -- RNA processing / Gabriele Klug ... [et al.] -- Translation / Paola Londei -- Features of aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis unique to archaea / Carla Polycarpo ... [et al.] -- Protein-folding systems / Frank T. Robb, Ryo Izuka, and Masafumi Yohda -- Sensing, signal transduction, and posttranslational modification / Peter J. Kennelly -- Central metabolism / Michael J. Danson, Henry J. Lamble, and David W. Hough -- Methanogenesis / James G. Ferry and Kyle A. Kastead --

Proteinaceous surface layers of archaea: ultrastructure and biochemistry / Helmut König, Reinhard Rachel, and Harald Claus -- Lipids: biosynthesis, function, and evolution / Yan Boucher -- Solute transport / Sonja V. Albers, Wil N. Konings, and Arnold J.M. Driessen -- Protein translocation into and across archaeal cytoplasmic membranes / Mechthild Pohlschröder and Kieran C. Dilks -- Flagellation and chemotaxis / Ken F. Jarrell, Sandy Y.M. Ng, and Bonnie Chaban -- Structure and evolution of genomes / Patrick Forterre, Yvan Zivanovic, and Simonetta Gribaldo -- Functional genomics / Francis E. Jenney, Jr. ... [et al.] -- Molecular genetics of archaea / Kevin Sowers and Kimberly Anderson -- Biotechnology / Marco Moracci ... [et al.] -- Archaeosome vaccines / G. Dennis Sprott and Lakshmi Krishnan.