R. Laso-Perez

Picoplankton nitrogen guilds in the tropical and subtropical oceans: from the surface to the deep

The paper quantitatively assesses nitrogen guild stability across ocean depths using picoplankton data, finding nitrogen acquisition guilds more stable than nitrogen-redox guilds.

Two-million-year-old microbial communities from the Kap Kobenhavn Formation in North Greenland

This paper reconstructs microbial communities from 2-million-year-old permafrost in Greenland, finding similarities to modern thawing permafrost microbes and suggesting microbial communities may signal climate change impacts before plants and animals.

Physiological adaptation of sulfate reducing bacteria in syntrophic partnership with anaerobic methanotrophic archaea

This study examines the metabolic adaptations of sulfate-reducing bacteria in syntrophic partnerships with methanotrophic archaea, revealing unique evolutionary changes in protein pathways.

Evolutionary Diversification of Methanotrophic Ca. Methanophagales (ANME-1) and Their Expansive Virome

The paper expands the phylogenetic diversity of ANME-1 archaea and discovers new virus families specific to their virome, revealing evolutionary links and gene displacement mechanisms.

Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

The paper compares genomes of methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea to identify differences in electron transfer and metabolic pathways.

Candidatus Ethanoperedens, a thermophilic genus of archaea mediating the anaerobic oxidation of ethane

This paper cultivates and genomes a novel thermophilic archaeon, Candidatus Ethanoperedens, that oxidizes ethane and provides insights into its unique metabolic pathways.