Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea

BJ Baker, V De Anda, KW Seitz, N Dombrowski… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically,
microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity surveys to …

The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology

PS Adam, G Borrel, C Brochier-Armanet… - The ISME …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
The Archaea occupy a key position in the Tree of Life, and are a major fraction of microbial
diversity. Abundant in soils, ocean sediments and the water column, they have crucial roles …

Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment

T Hoshino, H Doi, GI Uramoto, L Wörmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Microbial life in marine sediment contributes substantially to global biomass and is a crucial
component of the Earth system. Subseafloor sediment includes both aerobic and anaerobic …

Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota

I Vanwonterghem, PN Evans, DH Parks… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Methanogenesis is the primary biogenic source of methane in the atmosphere and a key
contributor to climate change. The long-standing dogma that methanogenesis originated …

Phylogenetically novel uncultured microbial cells dominate earth microbiomes

KG Lloyd, AD Steen, J Ladau, J Yin, L Crosby - MSystems, 2018‏ - journals.asm.org
To describe a microbe's physiology, including its metabolism, environmental roles, and
growth characteristics, it must be grown in a laboratory culture. Unfortunately, many …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the archaeal community in coastal sediments: assembly process and co-occurrence relationship

J Liu, S Zhu, X Liu, P Yao, T Ge, XH Zhang - The ISME Journal, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Studies of marine benthic archaeal communities are updating our view of their taxonomic
composition and metabolic versatility. However, large knowledge gaps remain with regard to …

The fate of organic carbon in marine sediments-New insights from recent data and analysis

DE LaRowe, S Arndt, JA Bradley, ER Estes… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Organic carbon in marine sediments is a critical component of the global carbon cycle, and
its degradation influences a wide range of phenomena, including the magnitude of carbon …

Genomic expansion of domain archaea highlights roles for organisms from new phyla in anaerobic carbon cycling

CJ Castelle, KC Wrighton, BC Thomas, LA Hug… - Current biology, 2015‏ - cell.com
Background Archaea represent a significant fraction of Earth's biodiversity, yet they remain
much less well understood than Bacteria. Gene surveys, a few metagenomic studies, and …

Bathyarchaeota: globally distributed metabolic generalists in anoxic environments

Z Zhou, J Pan, F Wang, JD Gu… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Bathyarchaeota, formerly known as the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group, is a phylum of
global generalists that are widespread in anoxic sediments, which host relatively high …

Genomic exploration of the diversity, ecology, and evolution of the archaeal domain of life

A Spang, EF Caceres, TJG Ettema - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Archaea have been recognized as a major domain of life besides Bacteria
and Eukarya for about 40 years. Much of the pioneering research on archaeal organisms …