Sentences with phrase «archaeal lineages»

Starting his first postdoc here in Ettema - lab his work will involve the exploration of poorly described archaeal lineages and

Using second and third generation sequencing technologies, we aim at generating genomic data of novel bacterial and archaeal lineages, as well as of unchracterized protists.

Starting his first postdoc here in Ettema - lab his work will involve the exploration of poorly described archaeal lineages and the development of novel methods to investigate syntrophic relationships in microbial communities.

Disa will work on the genomic exploration of «microbial dark matter», focusing on new archaeal lineages and viruses, using both lab - and bioionformatics - based approaches.

This finding is consistent with the recent discovery with several «eukaryotic» signature genes in these archaeal lineages, including genes encoding proteins such as actin, tubulin, and several proteins involved in transcription and membrane deformation.

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.

In this Review, we provide an overview of the currently recognized archaeal diversity, summarize new findings on the metabolic potential of recently described archaeal lineages, and discuss these data in light of archaeal evolution.

Spang et al. review the diversity of Archaea and their genomes, metabolomes, and history, which clarifies the biology and placement of recently discovered archaeal lineages.

Recently discovered archaeal lineages include mesophiles and (hyper --RRB- thermophiles, anaerobes and aerobes, autotrophs and heterotrophs, a large diversity of putative archaeal symbionts, as well as previously unknown acetogens and different groups of methanogens (see the figure).

For each archaeal lineage, key characteristics regarding metabolism and lifestyle are depicted.

Not exact matches

The lineages of these groups are not restricted to extreme habitats, as was once thought common for archaeal species; rather, archaea are widespread and occur in all thinkable environments on Earth, where they can make up substantial portions of the microbial biomass.

Efforts to obtain and study genomes and enrichment cultures of uncultivated microbial lineages will likely further expand our knowledge about archaeal phylogenetic and metabolic diversity and their cell biology and ecological function.

Currently, we are exploring several environmental samples retrieved from allover the world - ranging from hydrothermal vents in Japan to hot springs in Yellowstone National Park and New Zealand — for the presence of novel archaeal (and bacterial) lineages using cultivation - independent approaches, such as metagenomics and single cell genomics.

One of the main findings that we have obtained thus far, is that the eukaryotic lineage seem to branch from within the archaeal Domain of life, affiliating with the so - called «TACK» superphylum (comprising Thaum -, Aig -, Cren - and Korarchaeota).

My research is framed within the Wellcome Trust consortium on the archaeal origins of eukaryotic cell organization (http://evocyt.com/), which includes a diverse group of researchers studying the evolution of eukaryotic machinery from different points of view — e.g. how do specific cellular systems work in different lineages, and how did that affect the origin of the eukaryotic cell plan?

... Partially thawed sites were frequently dominated by a single archaeal phylotype, Candidatus «Methanoflorens stordalenmirensis» gen. nov. sp. nov., belonging to the uncultivated lineage «Rice Cluster II» (Candidatus «Methanoflorentaceae» fam.