Recovery of Lutacidiplasmatales archaeal order genomes suggests convergent evolution in Thermoplasmatota

Genome recovery of the order Lutacidiplasmatales reveals that key genes for environmental specialisation were acquired multiple times in the Thermoplasmatota phylum, suggesting a crucial role of convergent evolution in archaeal habitat adaptation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul O. Sheridan, Yiyu Meng, Tom A. Williams, Cécile Gubry-Rangin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31847-7