Figure 2. Metabolic pathways of Asgard archaea indicating variation at the phyla level. Carbon metabolic pathways indicate a heterotrophic lifestyle for Asgard archaea. Asgard archaea also encoded genes related to sulfur and nitrogen cycling.
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