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 …

Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes

S Nayfach, S Roux, R Seshadri, D Udwary… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The reconstruction of bacterial and archaeal genomes from shotgun metagenomes has
enabled insights into the ecology and evolution of environmental and host-associated …

Recovery of nearly 8,000 metagenome-assembled genomes substantially expands the tree of life

DH Parks, C Rinke, M Chuvochina, PA Chaumeil… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Challenges in cultivating microorganisms have limited the phylogenetic diversity of currently
available microbial genomes. This is being addressed by advances in sequencing …

Diversity and evolution of methane-related pathways in archaea

PS Garcia, S Gribaldo, G Borrel - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases on Earth and holds an important
place in the global carbon cycle. Archaea are the only organisms that use methanogenesis …

An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea

PN Evans, JA Boyd, AO Leu, BJ Woodcroft… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Methane is a key compound in the global carbon cycle that influences both nutrient cycling
and the Earth's climate. A limited number of microorganisms control the flux of biologically …

Viral potential to modulate microbial methane metabolism varies by habitat

ZP Zhong, J Du, S Köstlbacher, P Pjevac… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Microorganisms largely
drive the biogeochemical cycling of methane, yet little is known about viral contributions to …

[HTML][HTML] Major new microbial groups expand diversity and alter our understanding of the tree of life

CJ Castelle, JF Banfield - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The recent recovery of genomes for organisms from phyla with no isolated representative
(candidate phyla) via cultivation-independent genomics enabled delineation of major new …

Methane feedbacks to the global climate system in a warmer world

JF Dean, JJ Middelburg, T Röckmann… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is produced in many natural systems that are vulnerable to change under a
warming climate, yet current CH4 budgets, as well as future shifts in CH4 emissions, have …

Archaea and the origin of eukaryotes

L Eme, A Spang, J Lombard, CW Stairs… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Woese and Fox's 1977 paper on the discovery of the Archaea triggered a revolution in the
field of evolutionary biology by showing that life was divided into not only prokaryotes and …