Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface
H. Imachi, M. K. Nobu, N. Nakahara, Y. Morono, M. Ogawara, Y. Takaki, Y. Takano, K. Uematsu, T. Ikuta, M. Ito, Y. Matsui, M. Miyazaki, K. Murata, Y. Saito, S. Sakai, , K. Takai
The paper isolates an Asgard archaeon and proposes a symbiosis model for eukaryogenesis based on its morphology and metabolism.
bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2019Microbiology