MicrobiologybioRxiv
The parasitic lifestyle of an archaeal symbiont
J. N. Hamm, Y. Liao, A. von Kügelgen…·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.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-49962-y