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Genomic exploration of the diversity, ecology, and evolution of the archaeal domain of life.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 11 Aug 2017
Spang Anja, Caceres Eva F, Ettema Thijs J G
Abstract excerpt
About 40 years ago, Archaea were recognized as a major prokaryotic domain of life besides Bacteria. Recently, cultivation-independent sequencing methods have produced a wealth of genomic data for previously unidentified archaeal lineages, several of which appear to represent newly revealed branches in the tree of life. Analyses of some recently obtained genomes have uncovered previously unknown metabolic traits...
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