Viruses of Haloarchaea

Viruses of Haloarchaea

In hypersaline environments, haloarchaea (halophilic members of the Archaea) are the dominant organisms, and the viruses that infect them, haloarchaeoviruses are at least ten times more abundant. Since their discovery in 1974, described haloarchaeoviruses include head-tailed, pleomorphic, spherical...

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Main Authors: Alison W. S. Luk, Timothy J. Williams, Susanne Erdmann, R. Thane Papke, Ricardo Cavicchioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
viral lineage
viral evolution
virus life cycle
capsid protein
persistent
temperate
virulent infection
CRISPR
host defense
evasion invasion mechanism
integrase
genome variation
salty
halophile
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/681

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