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Title: History of the ribosome and the origin of translationAuthors: Anton S. Petrova, Burak Gulen, Ashlyn M. Norris, Nicholas A. Kovacs, Chad R. Bernier, Kathryn A. Lanier, George E. Fox, Stephen C. Harvey, Roger M. Wartell, Nicholas V. Hud, and Loren Dean Williams,Citation: Petrov, A. S., Gulen, B., Norris, A. M., Kovacs, N. A., Bernier, C. R., Lanier, K. A., Fox, G. E., Harvey, S. C., Wartell, R. M., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2015). History of the ribosome and the origin of translation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(50), 15396–15401.Link to article

Title: Histone-organized chromatin in bacteria Authors: Antoine Hocher, Shawn P. Laursen, Paul Radford, Jess Tyson, Carey Lambert, Kathryn M Stevens, Mathieu Picardeau, R. Elizabeth Sockett, Karolin Luger, Tobias Warnecke Citation: Hocher, A., Laursen, S. P., Radford, P., Tyson, J., Lambert, C., Stevens, K. M., Picardeau, M., Elizabeth Sockett, R., Luger, K., & Warnecke, T. (2023). Histone-organized chromatin in bacteria. In bioRxiv (p. 2023.01.26.525422). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525422 Link to paper

Title: Comparative Genomic Evidence for a Complete Nuclear Pore Complex in the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor Authors: Nadja Neumann, Daniel Lundin, Anthony M. Poole Citation: Neumann, N., Lundin, D., & Poole, A. M. (2010). Comparative genomic evidence for a complete nuclear pore complex in the last eukaryotic common ancestor. PloS One, 5(10), e13241. Link to paper

Title: Origin of the nucleus and Ran-dependent transport to safeguard ribosome biogenesis in a chimeric cell Authors: Gáspár Jékely Citation: Jékely, G. (2008). Origin of the nucleus and Ran-dependent transport to safeguard ribosome biogenesis in a chimeric cell. Biology Direct, 3, 31. Link to article

Title: A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae Authors: Pengyao Jiang, Anja R Ollodart, Vidha Sudhesh, Alan J Herr, Maitreya J Dunham, Kelley Harris Citation: Jiang, P., Ollodart, A. R., Sudhesh, V., Herr, A. J., Dunham, M. J., & Harris, K. (2021). A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eLife, 10. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68285. Link to article

Title: Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms Authors: William R. Shoemaker, Evgeniya Polezhaeva, Kenzie B. Givens, and Jay T. Lennon Citation: Shoemaker, W. R., Polezhaeva, E., Givens, K. B., & Lennon, J. T. (2021). Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(10), 4532–4545. Link to article

Title: The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation Authors: Jin-Der Wen, Syue-Ting Kuo, and Hsin-Hung David Chou. Citation: Wen, J.-D., Kuo, S.-T., & Chou, H.-H. D. (2021). The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation. RNA Biology, 18(11), 1489–1500. Link to article

Title: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont Authors: Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Mario Sandoval-Calderónb\, Tobias Engl, Natalie Wielsch, Diane M. Dunne, Alexander Goesmann, Erhard Strohm, Aleš Svatoš, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, and Martin Kaltenpoth Citation: Nechitaylo, T. Y., Sandoval-Calderón, M., Engl, T., Wielsch, N., Dunn, D. M., Goesmann, A., Strohm, E., Svatoš, A., Dale, C., Weiss, R. B., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2021). Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(17). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023047118 Link to article defensive symbiosis|protective mutualism|genome erosion|pseudogenization|Streptomyces

Title: Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Authors: Carol Smith, Jill G Canestrari, Archer J Wang, Matthew M Champion, Keith M Derbyshire, Todd A Gray, Joseph T Wade. Citation: Smith, C., Canestrari, J. G., Wang, A. J., Champion, M. M., Derbyshire, K. M., Gray, T. A., & Wade, J. T. (2022). Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73980 Link to article

Title: Are Aliens among Us Authors: Paul Davies Citation: Davies, P. (2007). Are Aliens among Us? Scientific American, 297(6), 62–69. Link to article

Title: Environmental stress leads to genome streamlining in a widely distributed species of soil bacteria Authors: Anna K. Simonsen Citation: Simonsen, A. K. (2021). Environmental stress leads to genome streamlining in a widely distributed species of soil bacteria. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01082-x Link to article

Title: Principles of Geobiochemistry Authors: Everett L. Shock and Eric S. Boyd Citation: Shock, E. L., & Boyd, E. S. (2015). Principles of Geobiochemistry. Elements , 11(6), 395–401. Link to article