The life cycle of an archaeon with multiple membranes
Florian Mayer, Andriko von Kügelgen, Richard Stöckl…·Buzz Baum
This study reveals that Ignicoccus hospitalis uses a contractile CdvA-ESCRT-III ring to constrict its inner membrane, leading to multi-cytoplasmic clusters and subsequent release of progeny cells through outer membrane bursting.