Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea

BJ Baker, V De Anda, KW Seitz, N Dombrowski… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically,
microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity surveys to …

Archaea and the origin of eukaryotes

L Eme, A Spang, J Lombard, CW Stairs… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Woese and Fox's 1977 paper on the discovery of the Archaea triggered a revolution in the
field of evolutionary biology by showing that life was divided into not only prokaryotes and …

A standardized archaeal taxonomy for the Genome Taxonomy Database

C Rinke, M Chuvochina, AJ Mussig, PA Chaumeil… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The accrual of genomic data from both cultured and uncultured microorganisms provides
new opportunities to develop systematic taxonomies based on evolutionary relationships …

The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology

PS Adam, G Borrel, C Brochier-Armanet… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The Archaea occupy a key position in the Tree of Life, and are a major fraction of microbial
diversity. Abundant in soils, ocean sediments and the water column, they have crucial roles …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.)

DW Waite, I Vanwonterghem, C Rinke… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The Epsilonproteobacteria is the fifth validly described class of the phylum Proteobacteria,
known primarily for clinical relevance and for chemolithotrophy in various terrestrial and …

Genomic exploration of the diversity, ecology, and evolution of the archaeal domain of life

A Spang, EF Caceres, TJG Ettema - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Archaea have been recognized as a major domain of life besides Bacteria
and Eukarya for about 40 years. Much of the pioneering research on archaeal organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial mat ecosystems: structure types, functional diversity, and biotechnological application

CM Prieto-Barajas, E Valencia-Cantero… - Electronic Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial mats are horizontally stratified microbial communities, exhibiting a structure
defined by physiochemical gradients, which models microbial diversity, physiological …

Archaea in biogeochemical cycles

P Offre, A Spang, C Schleper - Annual review of microbiology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Archaea constitute a considerable fraction of the microbial biomass on Earth. Like Bacteria
they have evolved a variety of energy metabolisms using organic and/or inorganic electron …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns of diversity and metabolism of microbial communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits

Z Zhou, E St. John, K Anantharaman, AL Reysenbach - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background When deep-sea hydrothermal fluids mix with cold oxygenated fluids, minerals
precipitate out of solution and form hydrothermal deposits. These actively venting deep-sea …

[HTML][HTML] Expanded Diversity and Phylogeny of mer Genes Broadens Mercury Resistance Paradigms and Reveals an Origin for MerA Among Thermophilic Archaea

CA Christakis, T Barkay, ES Boyd - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mercury (Hg) is a highly toxic element due to its high affinity for protein sulfhydryl groups,
which upon binding, can destabilize protein structure and decrease enzyme activity …