Meet the relatives of our cellular ancestor

Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote–eukaryote interface

(2020) Hiroyuki Imachi et al.   NATURE

Asgard archaea capable of anaerobic hydrocarbon cycling

(2019) Kiley W. Seitz et al.   Nature Communications

Proposal of the reverse flow model for the origin of the eukaryotic cell based on comparative analyses of Asgard archaeal metabolism

(2019) Anja Spang et al.   Nature Microbiology

Phylogenomics provides robust support for a two-domains tree of life

(2019) Tom A. Williams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dividing the Archaeal Way: The Ancient Cdv Cell-Division Machinery

(2018) Yaron Caspi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Integrated genomic and fossil evidence illuminates life’s early evolution and eukaryote origin

(2018) Holly C. Betts et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Engineering yeast endosymbionts as a step toward the evolution of mitochondria

(2018) Angad P. Mehta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

(2017) Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al.   NATURE

Bacterial Vesicle Secretion and the Evolutionary Origin of the Eukaryotic Endomembrane System

(2016) Sven B. Gould et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

(2015) Anja Spang et al.   NATURE

An inside-out origin for the eukaryotic cell

(2014) David A Baum et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Cultivation of methanogenic community from subseafloor sediments using a continuous-flow bioreactor

(2011) Hiroyuki Imachi et al.   ISME Journal