Genome-informed microscopy reveals infections of uncultivated carbon-fixing archaea by lytic viruses in Earth's crust
J. Rahlff, V. Turzynski, S. P. Esser, I. Monsees, T. L. Bornemann, P. A. Figueroa-Gonzalez, F. L. V. Schulz, T. Woyke, A. Klingl, C. Moraru, A. J. Probst
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.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology