Exploring Asgard archaea to illuminate the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition

Research output

Research output per year 2020 2020 2022 2024 2024

• 15 Article
• 1 Comment/Letter to the editor
• 1 Letter
• 1 Short survey

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Description of Asgardarchaeum abyssi gen. nov. spec. nov., a novel species within the class Asgardarchaeia and phylum Asgardarchaeota in accordance with the SeqCode

  Tamarit, D., Köstlbacher, S., Appler, K. E., Panagiotou, K., De Anda, V., Rinke, C., Baker, B. J. & Ettema, T. J. G., Jul 2024, In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 47, 4, 126525.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Phylum 100%
  • Archaeon 66%
  • Reconstruction 33%
  • Protein Content 33%
  • Eukaryote 33%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota

  Wu, K., Zhou, L., Tahon, G., Liu, L., Li, J., Zhang, J., Zheng, F., Deng, C., Han, W., Bai, L., Fu, L., Dong, X., Zhang, C., Ettema, T. J. G., Sousa, D. Z. & Cheng, L., Aug 2024, In: Nature. 632, 8027, p. 1124-1130

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Methanogen 100%
  • Euryarchaeota 100%
  • Methanogenesis 80%
  • Metagenomics 40%
  • Reductase 20%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• The emerging view on the origin and early evolution of eukaryotic cells

  Vosseberg, J., van Hooff, J. J. E., Köstlbacher, S., Panagiotou, K., Tamarit, D. & Ettema, T. J. G., 11 Sept 2024, In: Nature. 633, 8029, p. 295-305 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Eukaryotic Cell 100%
  • Eukaryote 40%
  • Prokaryote 20%
  • Archaeal Cell 20%
  • Host Cell 20%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Type III-B CRISPR-Cas cascade of proteolytic cleavages

  Steens, J. A., Bravo, J. P. K., Salazar, C. R. P., Yildiz, C., Amieiro, A. M., Köstlbacher, S., Prinsen, S. H. P., Andres, A. S., Patinios, C., Bardis, A., Barendregt, A., Scheltema, R. A., Ettema, T. J. G., van der Oost, J., Taylor, D. W. & Staals, R. H. J., 1 Feb 2024, In: Science. 383, 6682, p. 512-519 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • CRISPR 100%
  • Caspase 100%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat 100%
  • Protein Catabolism 40%
  • Protein Degradation 40%
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  A closed Candidatus Odinarchaeum chromosome exposes Asgard archaeal viruses

  Tamarit, D., Caceres, E. F., Krupovic, M., Nijland, R., Eme, L., Robinson, N. P. & Ettema, T. J. G., Jul 2022, In: Nature Microbiology. 7, p. 948-952

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Archaeon 100%
  • Archaeal Virus 100%
  • Virus 66%
  • Prokaryote 33%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat 33%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Genomic diversity and biosynthetic capabilities of sponge-associated chlamydiae

  Dharamshi, J. E., Gaarslev, N., Steffen, K., Martin, T., Sipkema, D. & Ettema, T. J. G., Dec 2022, In: ISME Journal. 16, 12, p. 2725-2740

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chlamydiae 100%
  • Secondary Metabolite 33%
  • Infectious Agent 33%
  • Microbiome 22%
  • Coevolution 11%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogenetic affiliation of mitochondria with Alpha-II and Rickettsiales is an artefact

  Martijn, J., Vosseberg, J., Guy, L., Offre, P. & Ettema, T. J. G., 24 Oct 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, 12, p. 1829-1831

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Prospective CO₂ and CO bioconversion into ectoines using novel microbial platforms

  Cantera, S., Tamarit, D., Strong, P. J., Sánchez-Andrea, I., Ettema, T. J. G. & Sousa, D. Z., 22 Jul 2022, In: Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology. 21, p. 571-581

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Biotransformation 100%
  • Microorganism 100%
  • Salinity 20%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial separation of ribosomes and DNA in Asgard archaeal cells

  Avcı, B., Brandt, J., Nachmias, D., Elia, N., Albertsen, M., Ettema, T. J. G., Schramm, A. & Kjeldsen, K. U., 2022, In: ISME Journal. 16, 2, p. 606-610

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Archaeal Cell 100%
  • Archaeon 100%
  • Eukaryotic Cell 100%
  • Oligonucleotide Probe 50%
  • Eukaryote 50%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• The evolutionary origin of host association in the Rickettsiales

  Schön, M. E., Martijn, J., Vosseberg, J., Köstlbacher, S. & Ettema, T. J. G., Aug 2022, In: Nature Microbiology. 7, 8, p. 1189-1199 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Rickettsiales 100%
  • Cladistics 42%
  • Biofilm 14%
  • Phylogenomics 14%
  • Protista 14%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• The human archaeome in focus

  Geesink, P. & Ettema, T. J. G., Jan 2022, In: Nature Microbiology. 7, p. 10-11 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic

  • Virus 100%
  • Archaeal Genome 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  Expanding Archaeal Diversity and Phylogeny: Past, Present, and Future

  Tahon, G., Geesink, P. & Ettema, T. J. G., 2021, In: Annual Review of Microbiology. 75, p. 359-381 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Archaeon 100%
  • Cladistics 100%
  • Lineages 66%
  • Phylogenomics 33%
  • Amplicon Sequencing 33%
  42 Citations (Scopus)

• Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority

  Lewis, W. H., Tahon, G., Geesink, P., Sousa, D. Z. & Ettema, T. J. G., Apr 2021, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19, p. 225-240

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Microorganism 100%
  • Archaeon 33%
  • Microbial Genome 33%
  385 Citations (Scopus)

• Single cell genomics reveals plastid-lacking Picozoa are close relatives of red algae

  Schön, M. E., Zlatogursky, V. V., Singh, R. P., Poirier, C., Wilken, S., Mathur, V., Strassert, J. F. H., Pinhassi, J., Worden, A. Z., Keeling, P. J., Ettema, T. J. G., Wideman, J. G. & Burki, F., 17 Nov 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 6651.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Plastid 100%
  • Red Alga 100%
  • Eukaryote 25%
  • Cyanobacteria 25%
  • Phylogenomics 12%
  55 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Chlamydial contribution to anaerobic metabolism during eukaryotic evolution

  Stairs, C. W., Dharamshi, J. E., Tamarit, D., Eme, L., Jørgensen, S. L., Spang, A. & Ettema, T. J. G., 26 Aug 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 35, eabb7258.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Eukaryote 100%
  • Anaerobic Metabolism 100%
  • Chlamydiae 50%
  • Archaeon 50%
  • Alphaproteobacteria 50%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Hikarchaeia demonstrate an intermediate stage in the methanogen-to-halophile transition

  Martijn, J., Schön, M. E., Lind, A. E., Vosseberg, J., Williams, T. A., Spang, A. & Ettema, T. J. G., Dec 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 5490.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Methanogen 100%
  • Haloarchaea 100%
  • Halophile 100%
  • Methanogenesis 25%
  • Archaeon 25%
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Marine Sediments Illuminate Chlamydiae Diversity and Evolution

  Dharamshi, J. E., Tamarit, D., Eme, L., Stairs, C. W., Martijn, J., Homa, F., Jørgensen, S. L., Spang, A. & Ettema, T. J. G., 23 Mar 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 6, p. 1032-1048.e7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chlamydiae 100%
  • Lineages 33%
  • Metagenomics 22%
  • Chlamydiaceae 22%
  • Symbiont 22%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• The Archaeal Roots of the Eukaryotic Dynamic Actin Cytoskeleton

  Stairs, C. W. & Ettema, T. J. G., 18 May 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 10, p. R521-R526

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  • Actin 100%
  • Cytoskeleton 100%
  • Eukaryote 100%
  • Eukaryotic Cell 60%
  • Archaeon 40%
  31 Citations (Scopus)