ISME Communications - Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects

Nature Communications - Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) exhibit a large genomic repertoire and complex evolutionary history. Here, the authors generate 501 metagenome-assembled genomes...

Endogenous DNA viruses take center stage in eukaryotic genome evolution

Communications Biology - Analysis of the virus community associated with red algal mats in Yellowstone National Park shows it to be dominated by Megaviricetes, with resident virus lineages being of...

Marine viruses are the most abundant biological entity in the ocean and are considered as major evolutionary drivers of microbial life [C. A. Suttl...

The discovery of giant viruses with large genomes has transformed our understanding of the limits of viral complexity in the biosphere, and subsequent research in model virus-host systems has...

Scientific Reports - Phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of the microbial communities along the Bay of Bengal coast

The authors discuss recent research into the complex functions encoded in the genomes of giant viruses.

The BoB, the world’s largest bay, is of significant economic importance to surrounding countries, particularly Bangladesh, which heavily relies on its coastal resources. Concurrently, the BoB holds...

Viruses belonging to the Nucleocytoviricota phylum are globally distributed and include members with notably large genomes with complex functional repertoires. Recent studies have shown that these...

Abstract. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular eukaryotic alga that has been studied as a model organism for decades. Despite an extensive history as

An enigmatic group of microbes seems to have an unusual new ability.

The Bay of Bengal (BoB), the largest bay in the world, provides valuable ecosystem services such as fishing and recreation to millions of people living along its coast and has a significant economic...

Nature Reviews Microbiology - The discovery of giant viruses, with virions as large as some bacteria and eukaryotes, megabase-range genomes, and a variety of traits typically found only in cellular...

Stony corals (Order Scleractinia ) are central to vital marine habitats known as coral reefs. Numerous stressors in the Anthropocene are contributing to the ongoing decline in coral reef health and...

Deep-sea brine pools represent rare, extreme environments that focus biodiversity at bathyal to abyssal depths. Despite their small size and distribution, brine pools represent important ecosystems...

Rather than introducing small chunks of DNA as other viruses do, some giant viruses can contribute more than 1 million base pairs to a host's genome, broadening the ways in which viruses may shape...

Long-term ecological studies are powerful tools to investigate microbiomes and ecosystem change but have mostly ignored viruses. Here, we leveraged a 20-year time-series of a freshwater lake to...

Although the Bay of Bengal (BoB) is the world’s largest bay, possessing distinct physiochemical properties, it has garnered little research focus concerning its microbial diversity and ecological...

Viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota , often referred to as “giant viruses,” are prevalent in various environments around the globe and play significant roles in shaping eukaryotic diversity and...

The Thaumarchaeota comprise a diverse archaeal phylum including numerous lineages that play key roles in global biogeochemical cycling, particularly in the ocean. To date, all genomically-character...

The Simons Foundation invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology, with...

The ISME Journal - Genetically similar temperate phages form coalitions with their shared host that lead to niche-specific fitness effects

Nucleo–cytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) undergo a cytoplasmic or nucleo–cytoplasmic cycle, and the latter involves both nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments to proceed viral replication....

Drivers of algal bloom dynamics remain poorly understood, but viruses have been implicated as important players. Research addressing bloom dynamics has gener...

In the remains of an ancient lake, Curiosity discovers