Archaea
Domain of organisms
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| April 24 2024 | Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) released version 09-RS220, providing an updated taxonomic framework for classifying microbial life, including significant insights into Archaeal phylogenetic relationships. |
| January 2020 | Scientists reported that Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum, a type of Promethearchaeati/'Asgard' archaea, may represent a potential evolutionary link between simple prokaryotic and complex eukaryotic microorganisms from approximately two billion years ago. |
| 2018 | Krupovic et al. characterized the evolutionary pathway of archaeal viruses as a network, noting high levels of horizontal gene transfer and rapid mutation rates in viral genomes. |
| 2018 | Castelle & Banfield published research further exploring the phylogenetic classification of Archaea, building upon previous scientific understanding of this unique biological domain. |
| 2017 | Tom A. Williams et al. published a scientific study examining the phylogeny of Archaea, contributing significant research to understanding the classification and evolutionary relationships of this domain of life. |
| 2015 | Discovery of Lokiarchaeum, a lineage of archaea named after Loki's Castle hydrothermal vent in the Arctic Ocean, found to be the most closely related to eukaryotes at that time. |
| 2013 | Prangishyili hypothesized that tailed archaeal phages may have originated from bacteriophages capable of infecting haloarchaeal species. |
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