C. Moraru

Virus-host dynamics in archaeal groundwater biofilms and the associated bacterial community composition

The paper studies virus-host dynamics in archaeal groundwater biofilms over three years, finding a steady increase in viral infections and a stable bacterial community dominated by Desulfobacterota.

New Microviridae isolated from Sulfitobacter reveals two cosmopolitan subfamilies of ssDNA phages infecting marine and terrestrial Alphaproteobacteria

The paper isolates a new Microviridae phage and identifies two new subfamilies of ssDNA phages infecting Alphaproteobacteria, showing their cosmopolitan distribution.

VirClust, a tool for hierarchical clustering, core gene detection and annotation of (prokaryotic) viruses

VirClust clusters prokaryotic viruses, identifies core proteins, and annotates viral proteins using BLASTP and HMM, enabling taxonomic classification based on shared genes.

Highly diverse flavobacterial phages as mortality factor during North Sea spring blooms

The paper identifies diverse flavobacterial phages as potential mortality factors during North Sea spring blooms, showing their genomic diversity and environmental activity.

Aminoglycoside antibiotics inhibit phage infection by blocking an early step of the phage infection cycle

This study shows aminoglycosides inhibit phage infection by blocking an early step in the viral life cycle, with implications for bacterial community protection.

VIRIDIC - a novel tool to calculate the intergenomic similarities of prokaryote-infecting viruses

VIRIDIC calculates intergenomic similarities between prokaryote-infecting viruses using a traditional algorithm, outperforming other tools in accuracy and handling distantly related phages.

Genome-informed microscopy reveals infections of uncultivated carbon-fixing archaea by lytic viruses in Earth's crust

The paper uses genome-informed microscopy to show lytic viruses infect uncultivated carbon-fixing archaea in Earth's crust, challenging previous assumptions about viral lifestyles in subsurface ecosystems.

Visualization of viral infection dynamics in a unicellular eukaryote and quantification of viral production using VirusFISH

This study uses VirusFISH to visualize and quantify viral infection dynamics in Ostreococcus tauri, showing burst size and timing of viral production during infection.