Symbiotic interactions at the origin of eukaryotes

Project Information

SYMBEK

Grant agreement ID: 101141745

DOI

10.3030/101141745

EC signature date 2 July 2024

Start date 1 October 2024

End date 30 September 2029

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Drafting of Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Vulnerable microbial communities in Atacama–Altiplano wetlands: modern analogs of ancient ecosystems with implications for sustainability and conservation

Author(s): Purificación López-García, David Moreira, Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, José M López-García, Ana I López-Archilla, Karim Benzerara, Paola Bertolino, Laura Eme, Carolina F Cubillos, Cristina Dorador, Pablo Aguilar
Published in: FEMS Microbes, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2633-6685
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/FEMSMC/XTAG045

Phylogeny-guided curation reveals widespread misannotation of Asgard archaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences in public databases

Author(s): Agathe Struillou, Philippe Deschamps, David Moreira, Purificación López-García
Published in: ISME Communications, Issue 6, 2026, ISSN 2730-6151
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/ISMECO/YCAG253

<i>Methanonatronarchaeia</i> are deep-branching ancestrally methanogenic archaea distant from <i>Halobacteria</i>

Author(s): Brittany A Baker, Romain B Leroy, Purificación López-García, Laura Eme, David Moreira
Published in: ISME Communications, Issue 6, 2026, ISSN 2730-6151
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/ISMECO/YCAG071

Diverse new species and genera of Developea (Stramenopiles) displaying self-aggregation and multiflagellated stages

Author(s): Kristina I. Prokina, Purificación López-García, David Moreira
Published in: Protist, Issue 182, 2026, ISSN 1434-4610
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PROTIS.2026.126167

Molecular Phylogeny of the SELMA Translocation Machinery Recounts the Evolution of Complex Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

Author(s): Rafael I Ponce-Toledo, David Moreira, Purificación López-García, Philippe Deschamps
Published in: Molecular Biology and Evolution, Issue 42, 2025, ISSN 0737-4038
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/MOLBEV/MSAF167

<i>Discocelia Plataet</i> Sp. n., a Small <i>Incertae Sedis</i> Cercozoan Flagellate

Author(s): Kristina Prokina, Guifré Torruella, Luis Javier Galindo, Omaya Dudin, Purificación López‐García, David Moreira
Published in: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Issue 72, 2025, ISSN 1066-5234
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JEU.70041

Phylogenomic analyses indicate the archaeal superphylum DPANN originated from free-living euryarchaeal-like ancestors

Author(s): Brittany A. Baker, Charley G. P. McCarthy, Purificación López-García, Romain B. Leroy, Edward Susko, Andrew J. Roger, Laura Eme, David Moreira
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41564-025-02024-5

Adaptation of Microbialite‐Associated Prokaryotic Communities to Natural and Experimental Anoxic Conditions

Author(s): Jeanne Caumartin, Karim Benzerara, Ana Gutiérrez‐Preciado, Miguel Iniesto, Paola Bertolino, Maria Ciobanu, Christophe Thomazo, Robin Havas, Didier Jézéquel, Philippe Deschamps, Rosaluz Tavera, David Moreira, Purificaciόn Lόpez‐Garcίa
Published in: Geobiology, Issue 24, 2026, ISSN 1472-4677
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GBI.70064

Redox distribution of Asgard archaea and co-occurring taxa in microbial mats from an early Proterozoic ecosystem analog

Author(s): Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Agathe Struillou, Lewen Liang, Miguel Iniesto, Philippe Deschamps, Laura Eme, Yvan Zivanovic, José M. López-García, Karim Benzerara, David Moreira, Purificación López-García
Published in: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2026, ISSN 2055-5008
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41522-026-01148-8

Parasitic connections: a patescibacterial epibiont, its methylotrophic gammaproteobacterial host, and their phages

Author(s): Feriel Bouderka, Purificación López-García, Philippe Deschamps, Yifan Zhou, Mart Krupovic, Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Maria Ciobanu, Paola Bertolino, Gwendoline David, David Moreira, Ludwig Jardillier
Published in: mBio, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 2150-7511
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/MBIO.00025-26

Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions

Author(s): Yifan Zhou, Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Ying Liu, David Moreira, Michail M. Yakimov, Purificación López-García, Mart Krupovic
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41564-025-02149-7

A Deeply Branching Lineage in Heterolobosea (Discoba) With Multiflagellated and Multigrooved Life Stages

Author(s): Kristina I. Prokina, Naoji Yubuki, Luis Javier Galindo, Guifré Torruella, Yuji Inagaki, Koji Iwamoto, Purificación López‐García, David Moreira
Published in: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Issue 72, 2025, ISSN 1066-5234
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JEU.70037