Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...

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What electron microscope images hint at, but can only be seen in videos: how 'Asgard' archaea move.

How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

The discovery of Asgard archaea about a decade ago has greatly reshaped our understanding of archaeal evolution and the origin of eukaryotes. Asgards are currently thought to be the closest prokaryoti...

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Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion, and spatially organized signalling pathways1–3. Asgard archaea (phylum Promethearchae...

Abstract. The globally distributed genus Methylobacter plays a crucial role in mitigating methane emissions from diverse ecosystems, including freshwater a

The cultivation of a group of methanogens illuminates their metabolic diversity and the evolution of archaea.

Two groups of ammonia-oxidizing archaea drive marine nitrification. Stuehrenberg et al. reveal that their distribution reflects substrate use, with one relying on urea and the other on ammonia to main...

Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states thro...

Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion, and spatially organized signalling pathways1–3. Asgard archaea (phylum Promethearchae...