Sousa, Filipa L.

The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

Weiss, M. C., Sousa, F. L., Mrnjavac, N., Neukirchen, S., Roettger, M., Nelson-Sathi, S., & Martin, W. F. (2016) · Nature Microbiology

Origins and Evolution of LifeGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 1,049

Early bioenergetic evolution

Sousa, F. L., Thiergart, T., Landan, G., Nelson-Sathi, S., Pereira, I. A. C., Allen, J. F., Lane, N., & Martin, W. F. (2013) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 286

Energy at life's origin

Martin, W. F., Sousa, F. L., & Lane, N. (2014) · Science

Origins and Evolution of LifePaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 160

The Future of Origin of Life Research: Bridging Decades-Old Divisions

Preiner, M., Asche, S., Becker, S., Betts, H. C., Boniface, A., Camprubi, E., Chandru, K., Erastova, V., Garg, S. G., Khawaja, N., et al. (2020) · Life

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 140

Early Microbial Evolution: The Age of Anaerobes

Martin, W. F., & Sousa, F. L. (2016) · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 129

Biochemical fossils of the ancient transition from geoenergetics to bioenergetics in prokaryotic one carbon compound metabolism

Sousa, F. L., & Martin, W. F. (2014) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Microbial metabolism and enzyme functionOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 100

Serpentinization: connecting geochemistry, ancient metabolism and industrial hydrogenation

Preiner, M., Xavier, J. C., Sousa, F. L., Zimorski, V., Neubeck, A., Lang, S. Q., Greenwell, H. C., Kleinermanns, K., Tüysüz, H., McCollom, T. M., et al. (2018) · Life

Origins and Evolution of LifeGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 97

Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Gene Evolution Indicates Photosystem Gene Duplication, Not Photosystem Merger, at the Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis

Sousa, F. L., Shavit-Grievink, L., Allen, J. F., & Martin, W. F. (2013) · Genome Biology and Evolution

Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Cited by 95

Stepwise pathway for early evolutionary assembly of dissimilatory sulfite and sulfate reduction

Neukirchen, S., Pereira, I. A. C., & Sousa, F. L. (2023) · The ISME Journal

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 70

One step beyond a ribosome: The ancient anaerobic core

Sousa, F. L., Nelson-Sathi, S., & Martin, W. F. (2016) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Origins and Evolution of LifeGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 58

Evidence for corrin biosynthesis in the last universal common ancestor

Modjewski, L. D., Karavaeva, V., Mrnjavac, N., Knopp, M., Martin, W. F., & Sousa, F. L. (2025) · The FEBS Journal

Porphyrin Metabolism and DisordersMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Cited by 15