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Orel, N., Fadeev, E., Celussi, M., Turk, V., Klun, K., Afjehi-Sadat, L., Herndl, G. J., & Tinta, T. (2025). Down the drain: exploring wastewater’s role in coastal microbiome transformations. Microbiome, 14(1), 46–22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02298-1

De Anda, V., Appler, K. E., Aguilar-Pine, E., Aitolo, G. L., Halverson, G. P., & Baker, B. J. (2026). The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 123(13), e2516062123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2516062123

Perharič Bailey, Č. E., Vodopivec, M., Herndl, G. J., Tinta, T., & Ličer, M. (2026). Dynamic sinking andsurface-area based decay modeling reduce estimates of gelatinous zooplankton-mediated carbon export to the deep sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 40, e2025GB008937. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GB008937

Our microbial ancestors were probably oxygen-tolerant. (2026). Nature (London). https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00718-2