Review article in EMBO Journal

05.03.2026

"Asgard archaea: have we found our microbial ancestors?"

Christa Schleper and Thiago Rodrigues de Oliveira publish a review article in EMBO Journal! It is a summary about molecular and cellular biological discoveries in archaea that have long foreshadowed a close relationship to eukaryotes, which is now so well manifested in the Asgard archaea.

"Asgard archaea: have we found our microbial ancestors?"

Read the full article here: Asgard archaea: have we found our microbial ancestors?

Original paper:

Schleper, C., Rodrigues-Oliveira, T. Asgard archaea: have we found our microbial ancestors?. EMBO J (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s44318-026-00719-x