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Nanoarchaea: representatives of a novel archaeal phylum or a fast-evolving euryarchaeal lineage related to Thermococcales?

Celine Brochier1*, Simonetta Gribaldo2*, Yvan Zivanovic3, Fabrice Confalonieri3 and Patrick Forterre2,3

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1 EA EGEE (Evolution, Génomique, Environnement) Université Aix-Marseille I, Centre Saint-Charles, 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille, Cedex 3, France

2 Unite Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extremophiles, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France

3 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR CNRS 8621, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France

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Genome Biology 2005, 6:R42 doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-5-r42

Published: 14 April 2005

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