Viruses of archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the virosphere. Most of the
characterized archaeal viruses infect extremophilic hosts and display remarkable diversity of …

One of the most prominent features of archaea is the extraordinary diversity of their DNA
viruses. Many archaeal viruses differ substantially in morphology from bacterial and …

The major difference between viruses and plasmids is the mechanism of transferring their
genomic information between host cells. Here, we describe the archaeal plasmid pR1SE …

Archaea and particularly hyperthermophilic crenarchaea are hosts to many unusual viruses
with diverse virion shapes and distinct gene compositions. As is typical of viruses in general …

Cells from the three domains of life produce extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs),
suggesting that MV production is a fundamental aspect of cellular physiology. We have …

Research on archaeal extrachromosomal genetic elements (ECEs) has progressed rapidly
in the past decade. To date, over 60 archaeal viruses and 60 plasmids have been isolated …

Deep‐sea hydrothermal vents are inhabited by complex communities of microbes and their
viruses. Despite the importance of viruses in controlling the diversity, adaptation and …

Oceanic viruses that infect bacteria, or phages, are known to modulate host diversity,
metabolisms, and biogeochemical cycling, while the viruses that infect marine Archaea …

The euryarchaeon Thermococcus prieurii inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vents, one of the
most extreme environments on Earth, which is reduced and enriched with heavy metals …

Hypersaline waters and salt crystals are known to contain high numbers of haloarchaeal
cells and their viruses. Both culture-dependent and culture-independent studies indicate that …