An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea
oleh: Steffen Buessecker, Marike Palmer, Dengxun Lai, Joshua Dimapilis, Xavier Mayali, Damon Mosier, Jian-Yu Jiao, Daniel R. Colman, Lisa M. Keller, Emily St. John, Michelle Miranda, Cristina Gonzalez, Lizett Gonzalez, Christian Sam, Christopher Villa, Madeline Zhuo, Nicholas Bodman, Fernando Robles, Eric S. Boyd, Alysia D. Cox, Brian St. Clair, Zheng-Shuang Hua, Wen-Jun Li, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Matthew B. Stott, Peter K. Weber, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Anne E. Dekas, Brian P. Hedlund, Jeremy A. Dodsworth
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01 |
Deskripsi
Trace metals have been an important ingredient for life throughout Earth’s history. Here, the authors show that a member of an elusive archaeal lineage (Caldarchaeales or Aigarchaeota) requires tungsten for growth, and provide evidence that tungsten-dependent metabolism played a role in the origin and evolution of this lineage.