Marine viruses have important roles in microbial mortality, gene transfer, metabolic
reprogramming and biogeochemical cycling. In this Review, we discuss recent technological …

Over the past two decades, marine virology has progressed from a curiosity to an intensely
studied topic of critical importance to oceanography. At concentrations of approximately 10 …

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 …

Background Winter carbon loss in northern ecosystems is estimated to be greater than the
average growing season carbon uptake and is primarily driven by microbial decomposers …

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 …

Is it possible to meaningfully comprehend the diversity of the viral world? We propose that it
is. This is based on the observation that, although there is immense genomic variation, every …

Prokaryotes, bacteria and archaea, are the most abundant cellular organisms among those
sharing the planet Earth with human beings (among others). However, numerous ecological …

Viruses influence oceanic ecosystems by causing mortality of microorganisms, altering
nutrient and organic matter flux via lysis and auxiliary metabolic gene expression and …

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 …

During the past decade, metagenomics became a method of choice for the discovery of
novel viruses. However, host assignment for uncultured viruses remains challenging …