Article
|
Open Access
Featured
-
-
Article
| Open AccessActin cytoskeleton and complex cell architecture in an Asgard archaeon
Culture and analysis of ‘Candidatus Lokiarchaeum ossiferum’—a member of the Asgard phylum—reveals an elaborate cell architecture with extensive membranous protrusions.
- Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira
- , Florian Wollweber
- & Christa Schleper
-
Article |
Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote–eukaryote interface
Isolation and characterization of an archaeon that is most closely related to eukaryotes reveals insights into how eukaryotes may have evolved from prokaryotes.
- Hiroyuki Imachi
- , Masaru K. Nobu
- & Ken Takai
-
Article |
Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity
This work describes the Asgard superphylum, an assemblage of diverse archaea that comprises Odinarchaeota, Heimdallarchaeota, Lokiarchaeota and Thorarchaeota, offering insights into the earliest days of eukaryotic cells and their complex features.
- Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka
- , Eva F. Caceres
- & Thijs J. G. Ettema
-
Article |
Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
This study identifies a clade of archaea that is the immediate sister group of eukaryotes in phylogenetic analyses, and that also has a repertoire of proteins otherwise characteristic of eukaryotes—proteins that would have provided the first eukaryotes with a ‘starter kit’ for the genomic and cellular complexity characteristic of the eukaryotic cell.
- Anja Spang
- , Jimmy H. Saw
- & Thijs J. G. Ettema