Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor

2026/02/18 by Kathryn E. Appler, James P. Lingford, Xianzhe Gong +7 · 2 voices · 6 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Protist diversity and phylogeny #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10128-z

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• New paper from my team detailing a greatly expanded genomic database of Asgard archaea revealing of high energy metabolism those related to eukaryotes! Led by @katyappler.bsky.social lots of help from [bsky, 150 points, 10 comments]
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