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?
Not exact matches
On the basis of our current understanding, much
archaeal diversity still defies genomic exploration.
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.
Recent findings emphasize the importance of investigating members of the
archaeal domain of life in order to obtain a more comprehensive view of microbial ecology, symbiosis, and metabolic interdependencies involving
archaeal partners, and of evolution of life
on Earth in regard to the deep roots of archaea as well as our microbial ancestry.
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.
Currently only 35 bacterial and
archaeal phyla are recognized
on the basis of classical approaches to microbial taxonomy.
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.
Now available in the Early Edition of PNAS: Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK) in collaboration with, among others, the Ettema - lab reports
on using integrative modeling of gene and genome evolution to root the
archaeal tree of life and to resolve the metabolism of the earliest
archaeal cells.
Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK) in collaboration with, among others, the Ettema - lab reports
on using integrative modeling of gene and genome evolution to root the
archaeal tree of life and to resolve the metabolism of the earliest
archaeal cells.
Impact of Different Bioenergy Crops
on N - Cycling Bacterial and
Archaeal Communities in Soil, Yuejian Mao, Anthony Yannarell, Sarah Davis, Roderick I. Mackie, Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111j.1462-2920.2012.02844.x, August 2012.
Our aim is to shed light
on the evolutionary path by which
archaeal proteins gave rise to the eukaryotic cytoskeleton.