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Masaru Nobu @masarunobu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Amazing discovery led by Philip @radler92.bsky.social and Christa @archaea-vienna.bsky.social!!! Just being a (small) part of this massive effort was hugely inspiring. Can’t wait to see/explore more amazing biology of these archaea together!

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Masaru Nobu @masarunobu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Eukaryotes' closest relatives are internally simple syntrophic archaea

Eukaryotes are theorized to have originated from an archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota (formerly 'Asgard' archaea)1,2. The first cultured representatives revealed valuable insight3,4 but are distantly ...

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Masaru Nobu @masarunobu.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Underground happy hour? Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations! rdcu.be/d7W2s

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Methanol transfer supports metabolic syntrophy between bacteria and archaea

Nature - Zhaonella formicivorans produces methanol, for a novel syntrophic interaction, without requiring methylated compounds as an input.

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