Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Metabolic diversity within the globally abundant Marine Group II Euryarchaea offers insight into ecological patterns

  • Benjamin J. Tully

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07840-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The physiology and ecology of many yet-uncultured microorganisms, such as the Marine Group II Euryarchaea (MGII), is unclear. Here, Benjamin Tully analyses 250 MGII genomes, identifies 17 distinct subclades, and provides a detailed view of the metabolic potential and distribution of these archaea.