#DPANN
We also recovered the DPANN as the sister group to TACK and Asgard archaea and suggest that their genome evolution has been characterised by episodes of genome streamlining and expansion, driven by gene loss and transfer.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions

Out now in Nature Microbiology, by Yifan Zhou, Mart Krupovic & colleagues.
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Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Check out our paper on intricate nested interactions between viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts. Excellent collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, @anagtz.bsky.social and Michail Yakimov
Free access link: rdcu.be/eLtCH
🧵 by @yifanzhou.bsky.social 👇
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
3) reduced genome, limited metabolic pathways, and symbiotic existence.

Known DPANN species are #predominantly obligate #ectosymbionts that depend on their host for proliferation.

The structural and molecular details of host recognition, host-DPANN
August 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Using various approaches to overcome sequence compositional bias and the high evolutionary rates of DPANN, we found strong support for their monophyly. Altiarchaeota, which may contain free-living species, forms the first branch to diverge within DPANN.
June 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did you ever hear about DPANN?
I had to google it myself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPANN
Now they are in our revised manuscript.
DPANN - Wikipedia
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December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
New preprint up now!

Interested in the evolution of halophily within DPANN archaea we decided to investigate the sister phylum to the Nanohaloarchaeota, GTDB phylum EX4484-52, for which we propose the name Caliditerrarchaeota
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Caliditerrarchaeota, a new sister to Nanohaloarchaeota, provides insights into the evolution of DPANN halophily
The Nanohaloarchaeota are a clade of halophilic symbionts with small cells and genomes. Originally placed within the Euryarchaeota, they are now widely thought to belong to the DPANN archaea. However,...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Beautiful work on a DPANN symbiosis:
May 5, 2024 at 1:34 PM
The halophilic #archaea Halorhabdus sp. and Haloferax volcanii, along with its DPANN ectosymbiont Ca. Nanohalococcus occultus, join forces to degrade xylan.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
DPANN Archaea Evolved from Free-Living Euryarchaea

In the ever-expanding landscape of microbiology, few groups of microorganisms have sparked as much intrigue and debate as the DPANN archaea. This enigmatic superphylum, comprised of ultramicrobes with episymbiotic lifestyles, challenges…
DPANN Archaea Evolved from Free-Living Euryarchaea
In the ever-expanding landscape of microbiology, few groups of microorganisms have sparked as much intrigue and debate as the DPANN archaea. This enigmatic superphylum, comprised of ultramicrobes with episymbiotic lifestyles, challenges traditional views about the archaeal tree of life. Despite being considered one of the four major archaeal clades, the evolutionary origins and phylogenetic positioning of DPANN remain some of the most contentious issues in modern microbiology.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions rdcu.be/eLI6W
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions
Nature Microbiology - An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TW: if DPANN included with non-heterogeneous models, root falls within DPANN but they are long-branching, can't exclude artefact #smbe15
November 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM
The 30 clones represent all four archaeal super-phyla (Asgard, DPANN, Euryarchaeota, and Thermoproteota), but in contrast to the archaea they represent, can easily be grown in LB medium without the need of specialized equipment or techniques.
June 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes

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DPANN are now Nanobdellati
TACK are now Thermoproteati
Euryarchaeota are now Methanobacteriati
Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes
The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP) now includes the categories domain and kingdom. For the purpose of the valid publication of their names under the ICNP, we consider here th...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
N-linked protein glycosylation in Nanobdellati (formerly DPANN) archaea and their hosts journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs
August 29, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Phylogenomic analyses indicate the archaeal superphylum DPANN originated from free-living euryarchaeal-like ancestors www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Phylogenomic analyses indicate the archaeal superphylum DPANN originated from free-living euryarchaeal-like ancestors - Nature Microbiology
Phylogenetic reconstructions with conserved protein markers from the 11 known DPANN phyla reveal their monophyletic placement within the Euryarchaeota.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The evolution of #consciousness

1) Are we scientifically getting closer to its #phylogenetic development?

Is it a long way from ectosymbionts to cell organelles in neurones?

Did they adapt better and better to the development of increasingly complex organisms…
August 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
TW: are DPANN a monophyletic group? where is the root of Archaea? #smbe15
November 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM