Nature Reviews Microbiology 13, 447 (2015)
Bacterial gene import and mesophilic adaptation in archaea
Purificación López-García, Yvan Zivanovic, Philippe Deschamps, David Moreira.
It is widely believed that the archaeal ancestor was hyperthermophilic, but during archaeal evolution, several lineages — including haloarchaea and their sister methanogens, the Thaumarchaeota, and the uncultured Marine Group II and Marine Group III Euryarchaeota (MGII/III) — independently adapted to lower temperatures. Recent phylogenomic