Recovery of Lutacidiplasmatales archaeal order genomes suggests convergent evolution in Thermoplasmatota

Paul O. Sheridan; Yiyu Meng; Tom A. Williams; Cécile Gubry-Rangin

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31847-7

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Recovery of Lutacidiplasmatales archaeal order genomes suggests convergent evolution in Thermoplasmatota

Paul O. Sheridan,
Yiyu Meng,
Tom A. Williams,
Cécile Gubry-Rangin

Affiliations

Paul O. Sheridan: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Yiyu Meng: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Tom A. Williams: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
Cécile Gubry-Rangin: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31847-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Genome recovery of the order Lutacidiplasmatales reveals that key genes for environmental specialisation were acquired multiple times in the Thermoplasmatota phylum, suggesting a crucial role of convergent evolution in archaeal habitat adaptation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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