New groups of highly divergent proteins in families as old as cellular life with important biological functions in the ocean
These results indicate that significant environmental diversity may yet be unravelled even in strongly conserved gene families. Protein sequence similarity network approaches, in particular, appear well-suited to highlight potential sources of biological novelty and make better sense of microbial dark matter across taxonomical scales.
Authors
- Romain Lannes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6672-1762)
- Eduardo Corel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-9035)
- Philippe Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-9744)
- Guillaume Bernard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6251-9500)
- Éric Bapteste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1966-1215)
- Pierre Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8111-2897)
- Éric Pelletier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-1712)
- Duncan Sussfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0686-1627)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- The Ocean Foundation (US)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Genoscope (FR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00697-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- European Research Council