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In this Analysis article, Makarova and colleagues provide an overview of the cell division and membrane budding systems of the Archaea. They show that at least four different systems regulate these processes, providing insight into the evolutionary history of archaeal and eukaryotic cells.
The identification of genomic islands in bacterial genomes is becoming increasingly important. In this Analysis article, Fiona Brinkman and colleagues look at the limitations and benefits of the major computational methods that are available for genomic island prediction.
