Symbiosis between methanogenic archaea and δ-proteobacteria as the origin of eukaryotes: The syntrophic hypothesis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 517-530

  Moreira, David ^a   López García, Purificación ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; Anaerobic consortium; Eukaryogenesis; Eukaryotic evolution; Histones; Interspecies H2 transfer; Methanogenic archaea; Myxobacteria; Symbiosis; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0031735879     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006408     Document Type: Article

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