Nina Dombrowski

The paper uses phylogenetic methods to determine the root of the Archaea, finding support for a methanogenic ancestor and a derived origin for host-associated lineages.

The paper reports the genome of Candidatus Argioplasma dusa, a spider symbiont, and finds it has a small genome with limited biosynthetic capabilities, suggesting an endosymbiotic lifestyle.

This study investigates the evolutionary relationships and halophilic adaptations of Nanohaloarchaeota and related DPANN archaea, identifying Caliditerrarchaeota as a new sister group and revealing distinct halophily mechanisms.

The paper identifies mis-categorization of non-canonical tRNA genes as canonical in GtRNAdb and proposes methods to improve tRNA gene annotation in prokaryotes.