The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

2016/07/25 by Madeline C. Weiss, Filipa L. Sousa, Natalia Mrnjavac +6 · 6 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

paper · doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.116

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Citations

• Evolution of the Structure of Ferredoxin Based on Living Relics of Primitive Amino Acid Sequences
• Alternative Pathways of Carbon Dioxide Fixation: Insights into the Early Evolution of Life?
• The emergence of life from iron monosulphide bubbles at a submarine hydrothermal redox and pH front
• MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability
• RadicalS-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes

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• The LUCA and its complex virome
• On universal coding events in protein biogenesis
• Simulated early Earth geochemistry fuels a hydrogen-dependent primordial metabolism
• The microbiomes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: distributed globally, shaped locally
• Common descent [wikipedia]
• Last universal common ancestor [wikipedia]