The trickster microbes that are shaking up the tree of life

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Traci Watson. Nature. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;569(7756):322-324.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01496-w.

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Keywords: Evolution; Genetics; Genomics; Microbiology.

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Engineered bacterium fuels evolution debate.
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Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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