Ancestral Reconstructions Decipher Major Adaptations of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea upon Radiation into Moderate Terrestrial and Marine Environments

ABSTRACT Unlike all other archaeal lineages, ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are widespread and abundant in all moderate and oxic environments on Earth. The evolutionary adaptations that led to such unprecedented ecological success of a microbial clade characterized by h...

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Main Authors: Sophie S. Abby, Melina Kerou, Christa Schleper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02371-20