The sunlit microoxic niche of the archaeal eukaryotic ancestor comes to light
P.-A. Bulzu, A.-S. Andrei, M. M. Salcher, M. Mehrshad, K. Inoue, H. Kandori, O. Beja, R. Ghai, H. Banciu
The paper uses phylogenetic analyses and metabolic reconstructions to infer the lifestyle and metabolic environment of the closest archaeal relatives of eukaryotes, revealing microoxic lifestyles and novel metabolic pathways.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2018Microbiology