ArticleBiology direct2011
The origin of a derived superkingdom: how a gram-positive bacterium crossed the desert to become an archaeon.
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- Older Than Genes: The Acetyl CoA Pathway and Origins.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- Bacteria, Fungi and Archaea Domains in Rhizospheric Soil and Their Effects in Enhancing Agricultural Productivity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- The neomuran revolution and phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and cilia in the light of intracellular coevolution and a revised tree of life.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2014Review
- A phylogenomic census of molecular functions identifies modern thermophilic archaea as the most ancient form of cellular life.Archaea (Vancouver, B.C.) · 2014Article
- Romance of the three domains: how cladistics transformed the classification of cellular organisms.Protein & cell · 2013Review
- Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the main clades of the phylum Actinobacteria.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2012Review
- Origin of diderm (Gram-negative) bacteria: antibiotic selection pressure rather than endosymbiosis likely led to the evolution of bacterial cells with two membranes.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe tree of life is usually rooted between archaea and bacteria. We have previously presented three arguments that support placing the root of the tree of life in bacteria. The data have been dismissed because those who support the canonical rooting between the prokaryotic superkingdoms cannot imagine how the vast divide between the prokaryotic superkingdoms could be crossed.
resultsWe review the evidence that archaea are derived, as well as their biggest differences with bacteria. We argue that using novel data the gap between the superkingdoms is not insurmountable. We consider whether archaea are holophyletic or paraphyletic; essential to understanding their origin. Finally, we review several hypotheses on the origins of archaea and, where possible, evaluate each hypothesis using bioinformatics tools. As a result we argue for a firmicute ancestry for archaea over proposals for an actinobacterial ancestry.
conclusionWe believe a synthesis of the hypotheses of Lake, Gupta, and Cavalier-Smith is possible where a combination of antibiotic warfare and viral endosymbiosis in the bacilli led to dramatic changes in a bacterium that resulted in the birth of archaea and eukaryotes. REVIEWERS: This article was reviewed by Patrick Forterre, Eugene Koonin, and Gáspár Jékely.
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