Lokiarchaeota
Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary ScienceMetagenomes from Coastal Marine Sediments Give Insights into the Ecological Role and Cellular Features of Loki- and ThorarchaeotaMicroorganisms of the superphylum Asgard Archaea are considered to be the closest living prokaryotic relatives of eukaryotes (including plants and animals) and thus promise to give insights into the early evolution of more complex life forms. However, very little is known about their biology as none of the organisms has yet been cultivated in the laboratory. Here we report on the ecological distribution of Asgard Archaea...