@em.myco: Just like the Norse God, Loki the Asgard is a shape-shifter. And its constantly changing morphology might explain why animals have organs and why plants photosynthesise. Note: Asgards were originally called “Lokiarchaeota”, but this has since changed to “Promethearchaeaceae” which I cannot pronounce. Sources: [1] Radler et al. Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota). bioRxiv Preprint [2] Spang et al. (2015). Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature. [3] Betts et al. (2018). Integrated genomic and fossil evidence illuminates life’s early evolution and eukaryote origin. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Interesting 2026 paper on oxygen metabolism in a class of Asgards: Appler et al. (2026). Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor. Nature #biology #stem #Science #microbiology #evolution

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