Exploring the prokaryotic virosphere.
The world of prokaryotic viruses, including the "traditional" bacteriophages and the viruses of Archaea, is currently in a period of renaissance, brought about largely by our new capabilities in (meta)genomics and by the isolation of diverse novel virus-host systems. In this review, we highlight some of the directions where we believe research on the prokaryotic virosphere will lead us in the near future.
Comeau
André M
AM
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III UMR5100, Toulouse, France.
Hatfull
Graham F
GF
Krisch
Henry M
HM
Lindell
Debbie
D
Mann
Nicholas H
NH
Prangishvili
David
D
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