Lokiarchaeota: eukaryote-like missing links from microbial dark matter?

被引：19

作者：

Nasir, Arshan ^{[1
]}

Kim, Kyung Mo ^{[2
]}

Caetano-Anolles, Gustavo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] COMSATS Inst Informat Technol, Dept Biosci, Islamabad, Pakistan

[2] Korea Res Inst Biosci & Biotechnol, Microbial Resource Ctr, Taejon, South Korea

[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Crop Sci, Evolutionary Bioinformat Lab, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

来源：

TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY | 2015年 / 23卷 / 08期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

biodiversity; archaea; origin of eukaryotes; metagenomics; phylogenetics; IMPACT; DOMAINS; ARCHAEA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tim.2015.06.001

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Identification and genome sequencing of novel organismal groups can reduce the gap between the sequenced minority and the unexplored majority. The recent discovery of phylum Lokiarchaeota promises understanding of biological history. Here we inquire if Lokiarchaeota truly represent ancient eukaryotic ancestors or just microbial dark matter of expanding archaeal diversity.

引用

页码：448 / 450

页数：3