A self-assembling surface layer flattens the cytokinetic furrow to aid cell division in an archaeon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 122, number 25, June 2025.
significant must be protected against physical insults in the environment. Many bacteria and archaea use an enveloping layer based on protein for this purpose. Here, we show that the integrity of this acidocaldariusis insulfolobusis coat has maintained …