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By Felix Daniel Velasquez
Isolation of an archaeon at the
prokaryote–eukaryote interface
According to this article, scientists believe eukaryotic cells may have originated from a certain type of archaea called an Asgard Archaea. This archaea is called Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum. It is an
anaerobic prokaryotic cell. However models suggest that it slowly grew in size. This model also supports organisms absorbing organisms to become organelles. The genome of the Asgard Archaea has primordial
features of present day eukaryotic cells such as vesicle formation, membrane trafficking, and cytoskeleton formation. However this archaea had no visible inclusions resembling organelles. The archaea also developed
membrane cytosol making the archaea more homogenous than other archaea. The theory on eukaryogenesis remains unclear but models predict the host which was anaerobic swallowed an aerobic bacteria similar to
a present day mitochondria using hydrogen and oxygen. This model also explains ATP production in eukaryotes. However this model is still up to debate.

This theory affects humanity by providing some insight into the past on the true origins of the split between eukaryotes and prokaryotes. This study can also be useful in biology by studying its use in the ecosystem at
the time. Therefore, this theory can be used in ecological and biological studies.

This source relates to what we are learning today in class by the source describing what we know about the prokaryotes and archaea. This source puts this knowledge into research and scientists came up with a
possible theory on how eukaryotes were so different from prokaryotes and archaea. All in all, this source is a valid piece of information that relates to scientific studies, and is related to what we are studying right now.

January 15th, 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1916-6
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