title: Exploring the prokaryotic virosphere.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III UMR5100, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: André M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Comeau
authors.forename: Graham F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hatfull
authors.forename: Henry M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Krisch
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.forename: Nicholas H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prangishvili
mesh_terms: D023641:Archaeal Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000821:virology*