Bacterial gene import and mesophilic adaptation in archaea

Comparative genomics highlights the unique biology of Methanomassiliicoccales, a Thermoplasmatales-related seventh order of methanogenic archaea that encodes pyrrolysine

(2014) Guillaume Borrel et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Phylogenomic reconstruction of archaeal fatty acid metabolism

(2014) Daria V. Dibrova et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Global Phylogenomic Analysis Disentangles the Complex Evolutionary History of DNA Replication in Archaea

(2014) Kasie Raymann et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Archaeal “Dark Matter” and the Origin of Eukaryotes

(2014) Tom A. Williams et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Pangenome Evidence for Extensive Interdomain Horizontal Transfer Affecting Lineage Core and Shell Genes in Uncultured Planktonic Thaumarchaeota and Euryarchaeota

(2014) Philippe Deschamps et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Rooting the Domain Archaea by Phylogenomic Analysis Supports the Foundation of the New Kingdom Proteoarchaeota

(2014) Céline Petitjean et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria

(2014) Shijulal Nelson-Sathi et al.   NATURE

Planktonic Euryarchaeota are a significant source of archaeal tetraether lipids in the ocean

(2014) Sara A. Lincoln et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural adaptations of proteins to different biological membranes

(2013) Irina D. Pogozheva et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The molecular signal for the adaptation to cold temperature during early life on Earth

(2013) M. Groussin et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogenomic Data Support a Seventh Order of Methylotrophic Methanogens and Provide Insights into the Evolution of Methanogenesis

(2013) Guillaume Borrel et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter

(2013) Christian Rinke et al.   NATURE

Predominant archaea in marine sediments degrade detrital proteins

(2013) Karen G. Lloyd et al.   NATURE

Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life

(2013) S. Akanuma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More than tree dimensions: inter-lineage evolution's ecological importance

(2013) James O. McInerney   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Protein Adaptations in Archaeal Extremophiles

(2013) Christopher J. Reed et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Microbial diversity in the deep-subsurface hydrothermal aquifer feeding the giant gypsum crystal-bearing Naica Mine, Mexico

(2013) Marie Ragon et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Updated clusters of orthologous genes for Archaea: a complex ancestor of the Archaea and the byways of horizontal gene transfer

(2012) Yuri I Wolf et al.   Biology Direct

Horizontal gene transfer of a chloroplast DnaJ-Fer protein to Thaumarchaeota and the evolutionary history of the DnaK chaperone system in Archaea

(2012) Céline Petitjean et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Archaea of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group are abundant, diverse and widespread in marine sediments

(2012) Kyoko Kubo et al.   ISME Journal

An ACP-Independent Fatty Acid Synthesis Pathway in Archaea: Implications for the Origin of Phospholipids

(2012) Jonathan Lombard et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Lateral gene transfer as a support for the tree of life

(2012) S. S. Abby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea

(2012) S. Nelson-Sathi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A congruent phylogenomic signal places eukaryotes within the Archaea

(2012) T. A. Williams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Untangling Genomes from Metagenomes: Revealing an Uncultured Class of Marine Euryarchaeota

(2012) V. Iverson et al.   SCIENCE

Thermal Adaptation of the Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Membranes

(2012) Yosuke Koga   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Extensive inter-domain lateral gene transfer in the evolution of the human commensal Methanosphaera stadtmanae

(2012) Mor Nadia Lurie-Weinberger   Frontiers in Genetics

Differences in lateral gene transfer in hypersaline versus thermal environments

(2011) Matthew E Rhodes et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Thaumarchaeota: an emerging view of their phylogeny and ecophysiology

(2011) Michael Pester et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Archaeal diversity in a terrestrial acidic spring field revealed by a novel PCR primer targeting archaeal 16S rRNA genes

(2011) Shingo Kato et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Contribution of lateral gene transfer to the gene repertoire of a gut-adapted methanogen

(2011) Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger et al.   GENOMICS

Complete-fosmid and fosmid-end sequences reveal frequent horizontal gene transfers in marine uncultured planktonic archaea

(2011) Céline Brochier-Armanet et al.   ISME Journal

Adaptation to Environmental Temperature Is a Major Determinant of Molecular Evolutionary Rates in Archaea

(2011) M. Groussin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Biased gene transfer in microbial evolution

(2011) Cheryl P. Andam et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The archaeal ‘TACK’ superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes

(2011) Lionel Guy et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Metagenome of the Mediterranean deep chlorophyll maximum studied by direct and fosmid library 454 pyrosequencing

(2010) Rohit Ghai et al.   ISME Journal

Insights into the evolution of Archaea and eukaryotic protein modifier systems revealed by the genome of a novel archaeal group

(2010) Takuro Nunoura et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Patterns of contemporary hybridization inferred from paternity analysis in a four-oak-species forest

(2009) Alexandru L Curtu et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

On the chimeric nature, thermophilic origin, and phylogenetic placement of the Thermotogales

(2009) O. Zhaxybayeva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol

(2008) José R. de la Torre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hindsight in the relative abundance, metabolic potential and genome dynamics of uncultivated marine archaea from comparative metagenomic analyses of bathypelagic plankton of different oceanic regions

(2008) Ana-Belen Martin-Cuadrado et al.   ISME Journal

Parallel adaptations to high temperatures in the Archaean eon

(2008) Bastien Boussau et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Mesophilic crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota

(2008) Céline Brochier-Armanet et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea

(2008) J. G. Elkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA