I missed the original share on this article since I was locked out of my Bluesky account due to algorithmic impotence. Hate when that happens. Really cool structure from @jerryknowsnothing.bsky.social and co-authors. rdcu.be/eHQ1N

Archaeal pili are wild! In #archaeon Saccharolobus islandicus the same adehesive type 4 pilin exists in 4 different conformations forming two structurally very different pili. Collaboration with the groups of @jerryknowsnothing.bsky.social and Ed Egelman. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Have a look at our paper on a new group of pleomorphic viruses infecting marine hyperthermophilic #archaea of the class Archaeoglobi. The virus coexists in a stable relationship with its host. Congrats to Diana Baquero and Eduardo Bignon. @ISMEJ doi.org/10.1093/isme...