> See also: > - [[Archaeal Cell Cycle]] # Archaea Many species of Archaea are [[Environmental Factors Affecting Microbial Growth|extremophiles]] Very few have been discovered to be pathogenic to humans - As a result we haven’t had the need to develop many [[Antimicrobial Chemotherapy|chemotherapeutics]] against them ## Cell Structure > See also: > - [[Microbiology]] **Pseudomurein** can be considered the archaeal equivalent of the peptidoglycan found within [[Bacteria]]. - Contain *N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid (NAT)* and *N-acetylglucoseamine (NAG)* (instead of NAM/NAG) - Contains *B(1→3) bonds* (instead of the B(1→4) bonds) Lipids within archaea’s cell membrane contain repeated isoprene units rather than the fatty acid lipids found within bacterial cell membranes ![[Archaea.png|400]] One unique property of archaeal plasma membranes is the potential for mono layers composed of single tetraethers rather than a bilayer of two biether lipids