M. K. Nobu

Microscopic and metatranscriptomic analyses revealed unique cross-domain symbiosis between Candidatus Patescibacteria/candidate phyla radiation (CPR) and methanogenic archaea in anaerobic ecosystems

The paper investigates the interaction between Candidatus Patescibacteria and methanogenic archaea using microscopy and metatranscriptomic analyses, concluding a parasitic relationship.

Symbiosis between Patescibacteria and Archaea discovered in wastewater-treating bioreactors

The paper discovers a cross-domain symbiosis between Patescibacteria and methanogenic archaea in wastewater treatment bioreactors using microscopy and FISH.

Chasing the metabolism of novel syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacteria in thermophilic methanogenic chemostats

This study identifies and characterizes novel syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacteria in thermophilic methanogenic chemostats, revealing their metabolic pathways and interactions with methanogenic partners.

Unique metabolic strategies in Hadean analogues reveal hints for primordial physiology

The paper investigates metabolic strategies in Hadean analogues, revealing unique non-CO2-reducing pathways that may inform primordial physiology.

A hydrogen dependent geochemical analogue of primordial carbon and energy metabolism

This paper demonstrates that hydrothermal minerals catalyze CO2 fixation with H2 under alkaline conditions, producing organic compounds similar to the acetyl-CoA pathway.

Membrane-bounded nucleoid discovered in a cultivated bacterium of the candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’

The paper reports the discovery of a membrane-bounded nucleoid in a cultivated bacterium from the candidate phylum Atribacteria, challenging the traditional view of prokaryotic cell structure.

Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface

The paper isolates an Asgard archaeon and proposes a symbiosis model for eukaryogenesis based on its morphology and metabolism.

Elucidating syntrophic butyrate-degrading populations in anaerobic digesters using stable isotope-informed genome-resolved metagenomics

This study identifies two novel microbial genomes involved in syntrophic butyrate degradation in anaerobic digesters using stable isotope-informed genome-resolved metagenomics.