T. Zajkowski

Polyphosphate metabolism genes are associated with hydroxyapatite biomineralization capacity in a novel hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanobacterium AMB_03

This study links polyphosphate metabolism genes to hydroxyapatite biomineralization in Methanobacterium AMB_03, showing that polyphosphate synthesis enables carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite precipitation under phosphate-enriched conditions.

The hunt for ancient prions: Archaeal prion-like domains form amyloids and substitute for yeast prion domains

This paper identifies prion-like domains in Archaea that form amyloids and transmit non-Mendelian inheritance, suggesting prions existed in the last universal common ancestor.