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A.S. has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 947317, ASymbEL), the Simons Foundation 735929LPI, https://doi.org/10.46714/735929LPI (Award Number: 811944), and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through grant GBMF9741 and GBMF9346.
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Spang, A. Uncovering the hidden world of nanosized archaea. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 638 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-023-00912-3
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