Bacterium: “Archaea? Yeah, they’re alright. Quiet, peace-lovi....aaaargggh, STOP! STOP IT! WHAT IS HAPPENING??” [silence] Archaeon: “Mwahahaha” (probably) Discover the dark side of archaea in our latest pre-print, led by Romain Strock biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/10

Systematic genome-guided discovery of antagonistic interactions between archaea and bacteria

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We don’t know a great deal about the social life of archaea, especially how they interact with their more abundant cousins: bacteria. What we do know is mostly about syntrophic interactions, where archaea and bacteria live together for mutual benefit. 2/10