Masaru Nobu

New species found in the most unexpected places Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the<em> <a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">International Journal of Systemati...

Our archaea-parasitizing bacterium Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus from Minisyncoccota/CPR/Patescibacteria featured as Microbe of the Month! Amazing culture and images @kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
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Exciting collaboration with microbe hunter @hiro-imachi.bsky.social!!

Eukaryotes' closest relatives are internally simple syntrophic archaea Eukaryotes are theorized to have originated from an archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota (formerly 'Asgard' archaea)1,2. The first cultured representatives revealed valuable insight3,4 but are distantly ...

New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology!
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Methanol transfer supports metabolic syntrophy between bacteria and archaea Nature - Zhaonella formicivorans produces methanol, for a novel syntrophic interaction, without requiring methylated compounds as an input.

Underground happy hour?
Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com

Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations!
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