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Postdoc at NIOZ | Archaeal Virology | metagenomics/metaviromics | Haloarchaea | DPANN
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Our work on viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their DPANN symbionts is out today in Nature Microbiology!
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Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02149-7
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Buzz Baum
10 days ago
Are you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious? Either way, we have good news. We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July. Sign up:
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We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK. Please repost!
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Molecular Biology of Archaea: Life Through the Prism of Archaea
In 1977, Woese and colleagues revealed Archaea as a distinct domain of life. Building on this insight, the discovery of Asgard archaea has strengthened the view that many hallmarks of eukaryotic cell…
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-archaea
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Phage papers
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gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf1115 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41171134/
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gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research - PubMed
The rapid growth of metagenomic sequencing has generated an unprecedented wealth of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), transforming opportunities for microbial discovery and functional characterization. Yet, full utilization of these resources has been constrained by heterogeneous data generation …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41171134/
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Phylogenetic reconciliation supports a methanogenic ancestor of the Archaea and a derived origin for host-associated lineages
The phylogeny of the Archaea continues to be revisited and revised as new groups are discovered and phylogenetic methods improve, but key questions about their early evolution remain. It has been sugg...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.11.687807v1.full.pdf+html
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DEEMteam_Orsay
about 2 months ago
This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with
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, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea
tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72
, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of
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Fabai Wu
2 months ago
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky
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Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02882-6
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Nature Microbiology
2 months ago
Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions Out now in Nature Microbiology, by Yifan Zhou, Mart Krupovic & colleagues.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02149-7
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Archaeal symbioses all the way down by Mike Dyall-Smith
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Archaeal symbioses all the way down - Nature Microbiology
Ethiopian salt lakes feature unique microbial communities with nesting layers of symbioses, where haloarchaea and their ultra-small archaeal symbionts are prey to viruses, which are in turn hijacked b...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02158-6
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Frédérique Le Roux
2 months ago
Phages evolve fast, or do they? In oysters, some stay identical for years. With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements. Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and
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www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community
Phages are typically viewed as very rapidly evolving biological entities. Little is known, however, about whether and how phages can establish long-term genetic stability. We addressed this eco-evolut...
https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.10.10.681744v1
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Our work on viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their DPANN symbionts is out today in Nature Microbiology!
@mkrupovic.bsky.social
@deemteam.bsky.social
@anagtz.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02149-7
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The Viral AlphaFold Database of monomers and homodimers reveals conserved protein folds in viruses of bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes
VAD is a Viral AlphaFold Database of protein monomers and homodimers from viruses infecting hosts across the tree of life.
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adz8560?af=R&s=09
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Joe Grove
3 months ago
🚨 New Web Resource Alert! 🚨 We're delighted to share Viro3D a database of >85000 viral protein structure predictions from >4400 human & animal viruses. 🔗
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
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@uofgmvls.bsky.social
#Virology
#AlphaFold
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Viro3D
https://viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
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Cameron Thrash
4 months ago
Computational function prediction of bacteria and phage proteins
journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Thank you❤️❤️
6 months ago
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DEEMteam_Orsay
10 months ago
(1/2) Preprint alert! In collaboration with
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we describe host-parasite layers in hypersaline systems of the Danakil Depression. Haloarchaea host nanohaloarchea and both are infected by viruses (12 new families found).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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After 3 years of work, we are thrilled to submit this preprint. In collaboration with DEEM Team, we uncovered the complex interactions between haloarchaea, nanohaloarchaea, and their respective viruses and virus satellites. See🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#ArchaealViruses
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Nested parasitism in hypersaline environments: viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized cellular symbionts
It is increasingly recognized that hyperparasitism, whereby a parasite exploits a host which itself is a parasite, is a common phenomenon across ecosystems and domains of life. Here, to explore hyperp...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.15.638363v1
10 months ago
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Wish you good fortune in the Year of Snake
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