The bacterial and archaeal cell surface is decorated with filamentous surface structures that
are used for different functions, such as motility, DNA exchange and biofilm formation …

Bacteriophages play key roles in bacterial ecology and evolution and are potential
antimicrobials. However, the determinants of phage-host specificity remain elusive. Here, we …

Bacteriophage contamination has a devastating impact on the viability of bacterial hosts and
can significantly reduce the productivity of bioprocesses in biotechnological industries. The …

Archaeal viruses display a high degree of structural and genomic diversity. Few details are
known about the mechanisms by which these viruses enter and exit their host cells …

Viruses are a kind of biological entities which rely on host cells for survival. Depending on
the genetic materials and replication mode, they can be grouped into double-stranded DNA …

Motivation Virus receptors are presented on the cell surfaces of a host and are key for viral
infection of host cells. However, no unified resource for the study of viral receptors is …

Salmonella enterica contamination is a primary cause of global food poisoning. Using
phages as bactericidal alternatives to antibiotics could confront the issue of drug resistance …

Escherichia coli is a preferred strain for recombinant protein production, however, it is often
plagued by phage infection during experimental studies and industrial fermentation. While …

Background Prokaryote-virus interactions play key roles in driving biogeochemical cycles.
However, little is known about the drivers shaping their interaction network structures …

Phylogenomic analyses of bacteria from the phylum Thermotogota have shown extensive
lateral gene transfer with distantly related organisms, particularly with Firmicutes. One likely …