TACK Superphylum and Lokiarchaeota Evolution: Dissecting the Ecology and Evolution of Archaea to Elucidate the Prokaryote to Eukaryote Transition

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Comparative CRISPR type III-based knockdown of essential genes in hyperthermophilic Sulfolobales and the evasion of lethal gene silencing

Author(s): Isabelle Anna Zink, Thomas Fouqueau, Gabriel Tarrason Risa, Finn Werner, Buzz Baum, Udo Bläsi, Christa Schleper
Published in: RNA Biology, Issue 18/3, 2021, Page(s) 421-434, ISSN 1547-6286
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1813411

Ancestral Reconstructions Decipher Major Adaptations of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea upon Radiation into Moderate Terrestrial and Marine Environments

Author(s): Sophie S. Abby, Melina Kerou, Christa Schleper
Published in: mBio, Issue 11/5, 2020, ISSN 2150-7511
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02371-20

Genome wide transcriptomic analysis of the soil ammonia oxidizing archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis upon exposure to copper limitation

Author(s): Carolina Reyes, Logan H. Hodgskiss, Melina Kerou, Thomas Pribasnig, Sophie S. Abby, Barbara Bayer, Stephan M. Kraemer, Christa Schleper
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 14/11, 2020, Page(s) 2659-2674, ISSN 1751-7362
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0715-2

CRISPR-mediated gene silencing reveals involvement of the archaeal S-layer in cell division and virus infection

Author(s): Isabelle Anna Zink, Kevin Pfeifer, Erika Wimmer, Uwe B. Sleytr, Bernhard Schuster, Christa Schleper
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 10/1, 2019, ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12745-x

Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of archaeal ammonia oxidizers

Author(s): Melina Kerou, Pierre Offre, Luis Valledor, Sophie S. Abby, Michael Melcher, Matthias Nagler, Wolfram Weckwerth, Christa Schleper
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 113/49, 2016, Page(s) E7937-E7946, ISSN 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601212113

Chemotaxonomic characterisation of the thaumarchaeal lipidome

Author(s): Felix J. Elling, Martin Könneke, Graeme W. Nicol, Michaela Stieglmeier, Barbara Bayer, Eva Spieck, José R. de la Torre, Kevin W. Becker, Michael Thomm, James I. Prosser, Gerhard J. Herndl, Christa Schleper, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Published in: Environmental Microbiology, Issue 19/7, 2017, Page(s) 2681-2700, ISSN 1462-2912
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13759

Unifying the global phylogeny and environmental distribution of ammonia-oxidising archaea based on amoA genes

Author(s): Ricardo J. Eloy Alves, Bui Quang Minh, Tim Urich, Arndt von Haeseler, Christa Schleper
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03861-1

Microbial diversity of a closed salt lagoon in the Puertecitos area, Upper Gulf of California

Author(s): Jessica A Kozlowski
Published in: Ciencias Marinas, Issue 44/2, 2018, Page(s) 71-90, ISSN 0185-3880
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v44i2.2825

Candidatus Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis, an Ammonia Oxidizing, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon with a Highly Mobile Genome

Author(s): Sophie S. Abby, Michael Melcher, Melina Kerou, Mart Krupovic, Michaela Stieglmeier, Claudia Rossel, Kevin Pfeifer, Christa Schleper
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00028

Ammonia Oxidation by the Arctic Terrestrial Thaumarchaeote Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus arcticus Is Stimulated by Increasing Temperatures

Author(s): Ricardo J. Eloy Alves, Melina Kerou, Anna Zappe, Romana Bittner, Sophie S. Abby, Heiko A. Schmidt, Kevin Pfeifer, Christa Schleper
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01571

Metagenomes from Coastal Marine Sediments Give Insights into the Ecological Role and Cellular Features of Loki - and Thorarchaeota

Author(s): Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Jessica A. Kozlowski, Robert W. Murdoch, Frank E. Löffler, Filipa L. Sousa, Christa Schleper
Published in: mBio, Issue 10/5, 2019, ISSN 2150-7511
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02039-19

Heavily Armed Ancestors: CRISPR Immunity and Applications in Archaea with a Comparative Analysis of CRISPR Types in Sulfolobales

Author(s): Isabelle Anna Zink, Erika Wimmer, Christa Schleper
Published in: Biomolecules, Issue 10/11, 2020, Page(s) 1523, ISSN 2218-273X
DOI: 10.3390/biom10111523