Head of Laboratory of Microbiology @MIB_WUR at @WUR. Intrigued by the small and under-appreciated. Know my place in Tree of Life. Symbiont of @dirkscaroline1
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Aug 6, 2019 β’ 9 tweets β’ 2 min read
Loki decloacked! biorxiv.org/content/early/β¦ The amount of work described in manuscript represents a monumental effort, of which the importance cannot be understated! A thread.
Obtaining stable Loki co-culture is the result of a 12-year (!!!) effort. This work shows that Loki is an aminoacid-fermenting hydrogen-producing heterotroph. Observed symbiotic interaction is compatible with recent syntrophic model for eukaryogenesis. nature.com/articles/s4156β¦