Xabier Vázquez-Campos

This study characterizes bacterial endosymbionts in Australian ticks using shotgun metagenomics, identifying their nutritional roles and genomic features.

The paper identifies viruses and proviruses associated with Asgard archaea and reveals virus-mediated interactions with bacteria, expanding understanding of microbial symbiosis in eukaryogenesis.

This study shows that microbial communities in the Namib Desert use atmospheric hydrogen oxidation to survive in hyperarid soils despite lacking liquid water.

The paper identifies and characterizes Borgs and mini-Borgs in Methanoperedens archaea, revealing their evolutionary origins and genomic relationships.

The paper describes a novel Asgard archaeon and its syntrophic interaction with a sulfate-reducing bacterium, suggesting insights into early eukaryotic symbiosis.