Haloarcula marismortui

Halophilic archaeans, which include Haloarcula marismortui, a model organism used in scientific research, are thought to have acquired the unique set of genes for the methylaspartate pathway via a process known as horizontal gene transfer, in which genes are passed from one species to another.

… in the halophilic (salt-loving) archaean Haloarcula marismortui originated with the organism’s acquisition of a specialized set of genes via horizontal transfer.

…subunit (50S) of the archaean Haloarcula marismortui (a primitive single-celled organism) to a resolution of 9 angstroms (Å; 1 Å is equivalent to 10⁻¹⁰ metre, or 0.1 nanometre). In addition, he created a map of the 50S ribosomal subunit of H. marismortui at a resolution of 5 Å, revealing the…