Characterization of the lytic archaeal virus Drs3 infecting Methanobacterium formicicum
Archives of Virology, 2019 Viruses are ubiquitous in the biosphere and greatly affect the hosts they infect. It is generally accepted that members of every microbial taxon are susceptible to at least one virus, and a plethora of bacterial viruses are known.
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Nature Communications, 2018 Only a few archaeal filamentous viruses have been structurally characterized. Here the authors describe the membrane-enveloped Sulfolobus filamentous virus 1 that infects Sulfolobus shibatae and present its 3.7 Å resolution cryo-EM structure, which ...
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Diversity, taxonomy, and evolution of archaeal viruses of the class Caudoviricetes. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2021 The archaeal tailed viruses (arTV), evolutionarily related to tailed double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bacteriophages of the class Caudoviricetes, represent the most common isolates infecting halophilic archaea.
Ying Liu +8 more
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A Unique m6A-Dependent Restriction Endonuclease from an Archaeal Virus. [PDF]
Microbiol Spectr, 2023 Many modification-dependent restriction endonucleases (MDREs) were identified in prokaryotes and recognized modified cytosine bases, such as 5-methylcytosine (5mC), 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), and glucosyl-5-hydroxymethylcytosine (g5hmC). The first virus-derived MDRE (HHPV4I) from the archaeal virus HHPV4 was identified in this study.
Lu X, Huang F, Cheng R, Zhu B.
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ORF4 of the Temperate Archaeal Virus SNJ1 Governs the Lysis-Lysogeny Switch and Superinfection Immunity. [PDF]
J Virol, 2020 International audienceRecent environmental and metagenomic studies have considerably increased the repertoire of archaeal viruses and suggested that they play important roles in nutrient cycling in the biosphere.
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Possibilities for the Entrance of SARS-Cov-2 as an Archaeal Virus into the Ecosystem. [PDF]
Iran J Public Health, 2021 The article's abstract is not available.
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Characterization of Blf4, an Archaeal Lytic Virus Targeting a Member of the Methanomicrobiales [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 Today, the number of known viruses infecting methanogenic archaea is limited. Here, we report on a novel lytic virus, designated Blf4, and its host strain Methanoculleus bourgensis E02.3, a methanogenic archaeon belonging to the Methanomicrobiales, both isolated from a commercial biogas plant in Germany.
Katrin Weidenbach +9 more
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Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria
Viruses, 2021 The bacterial and archaeal cell surface is decorated with filamentous surface structures that are used for different functions, such as motility, DNA exchange and biofilm formation. Viruses hijack these structures and use them to ride to the cell surface
Colin Tittes +2 more
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Archaeal Host Cell Recognition and Viral Binding of HFTV1 to Its Haloferax Host
mBio, 2023 Viruses are highly abundant and the main predator of microorganisms. Microorganisms of each domain of life are infected by dedicated viruses. Viruses infecting archaea are genomically and structurally highly diverse.
Sabine Schwarzer +3 more
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An archaeal virus capable of hydrolyzing the surface glycan of the host cell. [PDF]
mLifeImpact statementSpindle‐shaped viruses exclusively infect archaea. Fuselloviruses represent a large group of spindle‐shaped viruses and infect hyperthermophilic archaea of the order Sulfolobales. Although the first fusellovirus was identified nearly 40 years ago, the mechanism of host infection by these viruses remains poorly understood.
Yuan W +6 more
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