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 …

DNA viruses of the Archaea have highly diverse and often exceptionally complex
morphotypes. Many have been isolated from geothermally heated hot environments, raising …

Prokaryotes contain short DNA repeats known as CRISPR, recognizable by the regular
spacing existing between the recurring units. They represent the most widely distributed …

This review presents a personal account of research on archaeal viruses and describes
many new viral species and families, demonstrating that viruses of Archaea constitute a …

Of the three domains of life (Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea), the least understood is
Archaea and its associated viruses. Many Archaea are extremophiles, with species that are …

Archaeal viruses represent one of the most mysterious parts of the global virosphere, with
many virus groups sharing no evolutionary relationship to viruses of bacteria or eukaryotes …

In terms of virion morphology, the known viruses of archaea fall into two distinct classes:
viruses of mesophilic and moderately thermophilic Eueryarchaeota closely resemble head …

Since their discovery in the early 1980s, viruses that infect the third domain of life, the
Archaea, have captivated our attention because of their virions' unusual morphologies and …

Viruses are a driving force of microbial evolution. Despite their importance, the evolutionary
dynamics that shape diversity in viral populations are not well understood. One of the …

Spindle-shaped viruses are a dominant morphotype in hypersaline waters but their
molecular characteristics and their relationship to other archaeal viruses have not been …