N. Yutin

This study identifies and characterizes varidnaviruses in the human gut virome, revealing their prevalence as prophages and suggesting limited active infections.

The paper analyzes sporulation gene conservation across 180 Firmicutes genomes to identify lineage-specific losses and confirm the vertical inheritance of sporulation genes.

This study identifies three new viral families associated with Asgard archaea in deep-sea sediments, showing they are prokaryotic-like viruses with no clear evolutionary link to eukaryotic viruses.

The paper identifies 3,738 new phage genomes from human gut metagenomes, classifying them into three new candidate families and revealing novel phage-host interaction mechanisms.

The paper identifies nearly 600 crAss-like phage genomes from human gut microbiomes, revealing unique genomic features and anti-defense mechanisms.

The paper characterizes two viral channelrhodopsins, showing they are Ca2+-dependent Na+/K+ channels with unique optogenetic properties and structural differences from known channelrhodopsins.

The paper reports the discovery of new NCLDV genomes from deep-sea sediments, expanding the ocean megavirome and supporting independent origins of viral gigantism.

The paper identifies novel viruses infecting uncultured marine Group II Euryarchaeota using genome-centric metagenomics, revealing their abundance and potential ecological significance.