MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Traits enabling persistence of living Promethearchaeota in marine sediments frozen for over 100 kyr
Renxing Liang, Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, Elizaveta Rivkina, Karen G. Lloyd
This study identifies genetic traits enabling Promethearchaeota to persist in marine sediments frozen for over 100 kyr, showing their survival through DNA repair and stability.
DOI 10.1101/2025.03.11.642519