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An archaeal symbiont-host association from the deep terrestrial subsurface

Citation
Schwank et al. (2019). The ISME Journal 13 (8)
Names
“Huberarchaeum crystalense” “Altiarchaeum hamiconexum” “Huberarchaeota”
Abstract
Abstract DPANN archaea have reduced metabolic capacities and are diverse and abundant in deep aquifer ecosystems, yet little is known about their interactions with other microorganisms that reside there. Here, we provide evidence for an archaeal host-symbiont association from a deep aquifer system at the Colorado Plateau (Utah, USA). The symbiont, Candidatus Huberiarchaeum crystalense, and its host, Ca. Altiarchaeum hamiconexum, show a highly significant co-occurrence pattern over

A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea (Ca. Poseidoniales ord. nov.)

Citation
Rinke et al. (2019). The ISME Journal 13 (3)
Names
Poseidoniia Thalassarchaeum betae Ts Thalassarchaeum Poseidoniaceae Poseidonia Poseidonia alphae Ts Thalassarchaeaceae Poseidoniales Ca. Poseidonaceae “Nanohalarchaeota” “Poseidoniota”
Abstract
Abstract Marine Group II (MGII) archaea represent the most abundant planktonic archaeal group in ocean surface waters, but our understanding of the group has been limited by a lack of cultured representatives and few sequenced genomes. Here, we conducted a comparative phylogenomic analysis of 270 recently available MGII metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) to investigate their evolution and ecology. Based on a rank-normalised genome phylogeny, we propose that MGII is an order-level

A methanotrophic archaeon couples anaerobic oxidation of methane to Fe(III) reduction

Citation
Cai et al. (2018). The ISME Journal 12 (8)
Names
Ca. Methanoperedenaceae “Methanoperedens ferrireducens”
Abstract
Abstract Microbially mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a key process in the regulation of methane emissions to the atmosphere. Iron can serve as an electron acceptor for AOM, and it has been suggested that Fe(III)-dependent AOM potentially comprises a major global methane sink. Although it has been proposed that anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea can facilitate this process, their active metabolic pathways have not been confirmed. Here we report the enrichment