Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but new a new study suggests it ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

We also applied an up-to-date taxonomic framework, based on ASV clustering on the latest reference trees, which ensured a more precise classification. Future studies exploring additional environmental ...