Energy for two: New archaeal lineages and the origin of mitochondria

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 850-856

  Martin, William F ^a,b   Neukirchen, Sinje ^a,c   Zimorski, Verena ^a   Gould, Sven B ^a   Sousa, Filipa L ^a,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

acetogenesis; Bathyarchaeota; endosymbiosis; eukaryotic origin; Lokiarchaeum; mitochondria

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84983447239     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201600089     Document Type: Article

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