Papers

Integrative modeling of gene and genome evolution roots the archaeal tree of life

Tom A. Williams, Gergely J. Szöllősi, Anja Spang, Peter G. Foster, Sarah E. Heaps, Bastien Boussau, Thijs J. G. Ettema, and T. Martin Embley. 2017. PNAS: doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618463114

Microbial community assembly and evolution in subseafloor sediment

Piotr Starnawski, Thomas Bataillon, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Lara M. Jochum, Lars Schreiber, Xihan Chena, Mark A. Lever, Martin F. Polz, Bo B. Jørgensen, Andreas Schramm and Kasper U. Kjeldsen. 2017. PNAS: doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614190114

Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Eva F. Caceres, Jimmy H. Saw, Disa Bäckström, Lina Juzokaite, Emmelien Vancaester, Kiley W. Seitz, Karthik Anantharaman, Piotr Starnawski, Kasper U. Kjeldsen, Matthew B. Stott, Takuro Nunoura, Jillian F. Banfield, Andreas Schramm, Brett J. Baker, Anja Spang & Thijs J. G. Ettema. 2017. Nature: doi: 10.1038/nature21031 

Picodroplet partitioned whole genome amplification of low biomass samples preserves genomic diversity for metagenomic analysis

Maria Hammond, Felix Homa, Andersson-Svahn, Thijs J. G. Ettema and Haakan N. Joensson. 2016. Microbiome: doi: 10.1186/s40168-016-0197-7 

Genomic inference of the metabolism of cosmopolitan subsurface Archaea, Hadesarchaea

Brett J. Baker, Jimmy H. Saw, Anders E. Lind, Cassandre Sara Lazar, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Andreas P. Teske & Thijs J. G. Ettema. 2016. Nature Microbiology: doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.2

Exploring microbial dark matter to resolve the deep archaeal ancestry of eukaryotes

Jimmy H. Saw, Anja Spang, Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Lina Juzokaite, Jeremy A. Dodsworth, Senthil K. Murugapiran, Dan R. Colman, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Brian P. Hedlund, Lionel Guy & Thijs J. G. Ettema. 2015. Philosophical Transactions B: doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0328

A Rickettsiales symbiont of amoebae with ancient features

Frederik Schulz, Joran Martijn, Florian Wascher, Ilias Lagkouvardos, Rok Kostanjšek, Thijs J. G. Ettema & Matthias Horn. 2015. Environmental Microbiology: doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12881

Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Anja Spang, Jimmy H. Saw, Steffen L. Jørgensen, Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Joran Martijn, Anders E. Lind,
Roel van Eijk, Christa Schleper, Lionel Guy & Thijs J. G. Ettema. 2015. Nature: doi:10.1038/nature14447

Single-cell genomics of a rare environmental alphaproteobacterium provides unique insights into Rickettsiaceae evolution

Joran Martijn, Frederik Schulz, Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Johan Viklund, Ramunas Stepanauskas,
Siv G E Andersson, Matthias Horn, Lionel Guy and Thijs J G Ettema. 2015. The ISME Journal: doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.46

The archaeal legacy of eukaryotes: a phylogenomic perspective 

Lionel Guy, Jimmy H Saw, Thijs JG Ettema. 2014. Perspectives in Biology: doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016022

Close encounters of the Third Domain: the emerging genomic view of archaeal diversity and evolution 

Anja Spang, Joran Martijn, Anders E Lind, Jimmy H Saw, Lionel Guy and Thijs JG Ettema. 2013. Archaea: 2013:202358.

From archaeon to eukaryote: the evolutionary dark ages of the eukaryotic cell 

Joran Martijn & Thijs JG Ettema. 2013. Biochemical Society Transactions: 41, p 451-457

Alphaproteobacterium HIMB59 is not a member of the Oceanic SAR11 Clade 

Johan Viklund, Joran Martijn, Thijs JG Ettema and Siv GE Andersson. 2013. PLoS ONE: 8, e78858

Independent genome reduction and phylogenetic reclassification of the oceanic SAR11 clade 

Johan Viklund, Thijs JG Ettema and Siv GE Andersson. 2012. Mol Biol Evol: 29, 599-615

The archaeal ‘TACK’ superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes 

Lionel Guy and Thijs JG Ettema. 2011. Trends Microbiol: 19, p. 580–587

FtsZ-less cell division in archaea and bacteria 

Rolf Bernander and Thijs JG Ettema. 2011. Current Opin microbiol: 13, p. 747-752

Archaeal origin of the actin cytoskeleton: implications for eukaryogenesis 

Rolf Bernander, Anders E Lind and Thijs JG Ettema. 2011. Comm Integr Biol: 4, p. 664 – 7

Cell division and the ESCRT complex: A surprise from the Archaea 

Thijs JG Ettema and Rolf Bernander. 2009. Comm Integr Biol:  2, p. 86-88

A unique cell division machinery in the Archaea 

Ann-Christin Lindås, Erik A. Karlsson, Maria T. Lindgren, Thijs J. G. Ettema, and Rolf Bernander. 2008. PNAS: 105, p. 18942-18946