Asgard archaea: Diversity, function, and evolutionary implications in a range of microbiomes

Elucidating the diversity of the Archaea has many important ecological and evolutionary implications. The Asgard superphylum of the archaea, described recently from metagenomic data, has reignited the decades-old debate surrounding the topology of the tree of life. This review synthesizes recent fin...

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Main Authors: Fraser MacLeod, Gareth S. Kindler, Hon Lun Wong, Ray Chen, Brendan P. Burns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2019-01-01
Series:AIMS Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/microbiol.2019.1.48/fulltext.html