Theor Popul Biol. 2002 Jun;61(4):409-22.

Evolution of the Archaea.

Source

Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS, Bat 409, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. forterre@igmors.u-psud.fr

Abstract

Archaea, members of the third domain of life, are bacterial-looking prokaryotes that harbour many unique genotypic and phenotypic properties, testifying for their peculiar evolutionary status. The archaeal ancestor was probably a hyperthermophilic anaerobe. Two archaeal phyla are presently recognized, the Euryarchaeota and the Crenarchaeota. Methanogenesis was the main invention that occurred in the euryarchaeal phylum and is now shared by several archaeal groups. Adaptation to aerobic conditions occurred several times independently in both Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota. Recently, many new groups of Archaea that have not yet been cultured have been detected by PCR amplification of 16S ribosomal RNA from environmental samples. The phenotypic and genotypic characterization of these new groups is now a top priority for further studies on archaeal evolution.

PMID:: 12167361; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publication Types, MeSH Terms

Publication Types

Review

MeSH Terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Libraries

LinkOut Holdings

Supplemental Content

Related citations

Mesophilic Crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota. [Nat Rev Microbiol. 2008]
Mesophilic Crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota.
Brochier-Armanet C, Boussau B, Gribaldo S, Forterre P. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2008 Mar; 6(3):245-52.
A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont. [Nature. 2002]
A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont.
Huber H, Hohn MJ, Rachel R, Fuchs T, Wimmer VC, Stetter KO. Nature. 2002 May 2; 417(6884):63-7.
Review The origin and evolution of Archaea: a state of the art. [Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006]
Review The origin and evolution of Archaea: a state of the art.
Gribaldo S, Brochier-Armanet C. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 Jun 29; 361(1470):1007-22.
Phylogenomic analysis of proteins that are distinctive of Archaea and its main subgroups and the origin of methanogenesis. [BMC Genomics. 2007]
Phylogenomic analysis of proteins that are distinctive of Archaea and its main subgroups and the origin of methanogenesis.
Gao B, Gupta RS. BMC Genomics. 2007 Mar 29; 8:86. Epub 2007 Mar 29.
Review Genomic studies of uncultivated archaea. [Nat Rev Microbiol. 2005]
Review Genomic studies of uncultivated archaea.
Schleper C, Jurgens G, Jonuscheit M. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2005 Jun; 3(6):479-88.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 13 PubMed Central articles

Defining life: the virus viewpoint. [Orig Life Evol Biosph. 2010]
Defining life: the virus viewpoint.
Forterre P. Orig Life Evol Biosph. 2010 Apr; 40(2):151-60. Epub 2010 Mar 3.
Expression and association of group IV nitrogenase NifD and NifH homologs in the non-nitrogen-fixing archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. [J Bacteriol. 2007]
Expression and association of group IV nitrogenase NifD and NifH homologs in the non-nitrogen-fixing archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii.
Staples CR, Lahiri S, Raymond J, Von Herbulis L, Mukhophadhyay B, Blankenship RE. J Bacteriol. 2007 Oct; 189(20):7392-8. Epub 2007 Jul 27.
Widespread distribution of archaeal reverse gyrase in thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers. [Archaea. 2007]
Widespread distribution of archaeal reverse gyrase in thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers.
Brochier-Armanet C, Forterre P. Archaea. 2007 May; 2(2):83-93.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Evolution of the Archaea.
Evolution of the Archaea.
Theor Popul Biol. 2002 Jun ;61(4):409-22.

PubMed
Heterogeneity of endothelial junctions is reflected by differential expression a...
Heterogeneity of endothelial junctions is reflected by differential expression and specific subcellular localization of the three JAM family members.
Blood. 2001 Dec 15 ;98(13):3699-707.

PubMed
Intracellular parasitism by Histoplasma capsulatum: fungal virulence and calcium...
Intracellular parasitism by Histoplasma capsulatum: fungal virulence and calcium dependence.
Science. 2000 Nov 17 ;290(5495):1368-72.

PubMed
Systematic trans-genomic comparison of protein kinases between Arabidopsis and S...
Systematic trans-genomic comparison of protein kinases between Arabidopsis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Plant Physiol. 2003 Aug ;132(4):2152-65.

PubMed
Bilateral olfactory sensory input enhances chemotaxis behavior.
Bilateral olfactory sensory input enhances chemotaxis behavior.
Nat Neurosci. 2008 Feb ;11(2):187-99. Epub 2007 Dec 23 .

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Display Settings:

Send to: