Incubated Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum samples may provide clues about origin of eukaryotic cells
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in Japan has found a possible link between primitive archaea and the development of eukaryotes. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes culturing Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum samples and what they learned by studying them.