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Expansive microbial metabolic versatility and biodiversity in dynamic Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments by Dombrowski, Nina, Teske, Andreas P., Baker, Brett J.

“…Microbes in Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California) hydrothermal sediments thrive on hydrocarbons and sulfur and experience steep, fluctuating temperature and…”
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Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity by Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Katarzyna, Caceres, Eva F., Saw, Jimmy H., Bäckström, Disa, Juzokaite, Lina, Vancaester, Emmelien, Seitz, Kiley W., Anantharaman, Karthik, Starnawski, Piotr, Kjeldsen, Kasper U., Stott, Matthew B., Nunoura, Takuro, Banfield, Jillian F., Schramm, Andreas, Baker, Brett J., Spang, Anja, Ettema, Thijs J. G.

“…The origin and cellular complexity of eukaryotes represent a major enigma in biology. Current data support scenarios in which an archaeal host cell and an…”
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Small archaea may form intimate partnerships to maximize their metabolic potential by Baker, Brett J, Sarno, Natalie

“…DPANN archaea have characteristically small cells and unique genomes that were long overlooked in diversity surveys. Their reduced genomes often lack essential…”
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New Microbial Biodiversity in Marine Sediments by Baker, Brett J, Appler, Kathryn E, Gong, Xianzhe

“…Microbes in marine sediments represent a large portion of the biosphere, and resolving their ecology is crucial for understanding global ocean processes…”
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Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea by Baker, Brett J., De Anda, Valerie, Seitz, Kiley W., Dombrowski, Nina, Santoro, Alyson E., Lloyd, Karen G.

“…Compared to bacteria, our knowledge of archaeal biology is limited. Historically, microbiologists have mostly relied on culturing and single-gene diversity…”
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EMIRGE: reconstruction of full-length ribosomal genes from microbial community short read sequencing data by Miller, Christopher S, Baker, Brett J, Thomas, Brian C, Singer, Steven W, Banfield, Jillian F

“…Recovery of ribosomal small subunit genes by assembly of short read community DNA sequence data generally fails, making taxonomic characterization difficult…”
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Genomic evidence for distinct carbon substrate preferences and ecological niches of Bathyarchaeota in estuarine sediments by Lazar, Cassandre Sara, Baker, Brett J, Seitz, Kiley, Hyde, Andrew S, Dick, Gregory J, Hinrichs, Kai‐Uwe, Teske, Andreas P

“…Investigations of the biogeochemical roles of benthic Archaea in marine sediments are hampered by the scarcity of cultured representatives. In order to…”
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Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for scavenging of diverse organic compounds by widespread deep-sea archaea by Li, Meng, Baker, Brett J., Anantharaman, Karthik, Jain, Sunit, Breier, John A., Dick, Gregory J.

“…Microbial activity is one of the most important processes to mediate the flux of organic carbon from the ocean surface to the seafloor. However, little is…”
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Hydrocarbon degradation and response of seafloor sediment bacterial community in the northern Gulf of Mexico to light Louisiana sweet crude oil by Bacosa, Hernando P., Erdner, Deana L., Rosenheim, Brad E., Shetty, Prateek, Seitz, Kiley W., Baker, Brett J., Liu, Zhanfei

“…The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout resulted in the deposition to the seafloor of up to 4.9% of 200 million gallons of oil released into the Gulf of Mexico…”
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Asgard archaea capable of anaerobic hydrocarbon cycling by Seitz, Kiley W., Dombrowski, Nina, Eme, Laura, Spang, Anja, Lombard, Jonathan, Sieber, Jessica R., Teske, Andreas P., Ettema, Thijs J. G., Baker, Brett J.

“…Large reservoirs of natural gas in the oceanic subsurface sustain complex communities of anaerobic microbes, including archaeal lineages with potential to…”
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Genomic resolution of linkages in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling among widespread estuary sediment bacteria by Baker, Brett J, Lazar, Cassandre Sara, Teske, Andreas P, Dick, Gregory J

“…Estuaries are among the most productive habitats on the planet. Bacteria in estuary sediments control the turnover of organic carbon and the cycling of…”
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Comparative genomic inference suggests mixotrophic lifestyle for Thorarchaeota by Liu, Yang, Zhou, Zhichao, Pan, Jie, Baker, Brett J., Gu, Ji-Dong, Li, Meng

“…Thorarchaeota are a new archaeal phylum within the Asgard superphylum, whose ancestors have been proposed to play possible ecological roles in cellular…”
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Editorial: Rising stars in hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: 2021 by Ruff, S. Emil, Baker, Brett J.

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A new view of the tree of life by Hug, Laura A., Baker, Brett J., Anantharaman, Karthik, Brown, Christopher T., Probst, Alexander J., Castelle, Cindy J., Butterfield, Cristina N., Hernsdorf, Alex W., Amano, Yuki, Ise, Kotaro, Suzuki, Yohey, Dudek, Natasha, Relman, David A., Finstad, Kari M., Amundson, Ronald, Thomas, Brian C., Banfield, Jillian F.

“…The tree of life is one of the most important organizing principles in biology 1 . Gene surveys suggest the existence of an enormous number of branches 2 , but…”
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Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote by Schönknecht, Gerald, Chen, Wei-Hua, Ternes, Chad M., Barbier, Guillaume G., Shrestha, Roshan P., Stanke, Mario, Bräutigam, Andrea, Baker, Brett J., Banfield, Jillian F., Garavito, R. Michael, Carr, Kevin, Wilkerson, Curtis, Rensing, Stefan A., Gagneul, David, Dickenson, Nicholas E., Oesterhelt, Christine, Lercher, Martin J., Weber, Andreas P. M.

“…Some microbial eukaryotes, such as the extremophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria, live in hot, toxic metal-rich, acidic environments. To elucidate the…”
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Diversity, Ecology, and Prevalence of Antimicrobials in Nature by Mullis, Megan M, Rambo, Ian M, Baker, Brett J, Reese, Brandi Kiel

“…Microorganisms possess a variety of survival mechanisms, including the production of antimicrobials that function to kill and/or inhibit the growth of…”
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The microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vent plumes: ecological and biogeographic linkages to seafloor and water column habitats by Dick, Gregory J, Anantharaman, Karthik, Baker, Brett J, Li, Meng, Reed, Daniel C, Sheik, Cody S

“…Hydrothermal plumes are an important yet understudied component of deep-sea vent microbial ecosystems. The significance of plume microbial processes can be…”
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Community-wide analysis of microbial genome sequence signatures by Dick, Gregory J, Andersson, Anders F, Baker, Brett J, Simmons, Sheri L, Thomas, Brian C, Yelton, A Pepper, Banfield, Jillian F

“…Analyses of DNA sequences from cultivated microorganisms have revealed genome-wide, taxa-specific nucleotide compositional characteristics, referred to as…”
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Brockarchaeota, a novel archaeal phylum with unique and versatile carbon cycling pathways by De Anda, Valerie, Chen, Lin-Xing, Dombrowski, Nina, Hua, Zheng-Shuang, Jiang, Hong-Chen, Banfield, Jillian F., Li, Wen-Jun, Baker, Brett J.

“…Geothermal environments, such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents, are hotspots for carbon cycling and contain many poorly described microbial taxa. Here, we…”
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Asgard archaea defense systems and their roles in the origin of eukaryotic immunity by Leão, Pedro, Little, Mary E., Appler, Kathryn E., Sahaya, Daphne, Aguilar-Pine, Emily, Currie, Kathryn, Finkelstein, Ilya J., De Anda, Valerie, Baker, Brett J.

“…Dozens of new antiviral systems have been recently characterized in bacteria. Some of these systems are present in eukaryotes and appear to have originated in…”
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