Villa, Christopher


Publications
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An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea

Citation
Buessecker et al. (2022). Nature Communications 13 (1)
Names
Wolframiiraptor gerlachensis Ts Wolframiiraptor Wolframiiraptoraceae Benthortus lauensis Ts Geocrenenecus dongiae Ts Geocrenenecus arthurdayi Geocrenenecus huangii Terraquivivens ruidianensis Terraquivivens tengchongensis Terraquivivens yellowstonensis Benthortus Geocrenenecus Terraquivivens Terraquivivens tikiterensis Ts Wolframiiraptor sinensis Wolframiiraptor allenii
Abstract
AbstractTrace metals have been an important ingredient for life throughout Earth’s history. Here, we describe the genome-guided cultivation of a member of the elusive archaeal lineage Caldarchaeales (syn. Aigarchaeota), Wolframiiraptor gerlachensis, and its growth dependence on tungsten. A metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) of W. gerlachensis encodes putative tungsten membrane transport systems, as well as pathways for anaerobic oxidation of sugars probably mediated by tungsten-dependent ferredox