The parasitic lifestyle of an archaeal symbiont
J. N. Hamm, Y. Liao, A. von Kügelgen, N. Dombrowski, E. Landers, C. Brownlee, E. M. V. Johansson, R. M. Whan, M. A. B. Baker, B. Baum, T. A. M. Bharat, I. G. Duggin, A. Spang, R. Cavicchioli
This study identifies a parasitic lifestyle in a DPANN archaeon that causes host cell lysis, suggesting a predatory-like interaction similar to viruses.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2023Microbiology