Viruses of Microbes

Viruses of Microbes

Viruses of microbes encompass all viruses that infect archaea, bacteria, and single-celled eukaryotes, especially algae and protozoa [...].

Environmental bacteriophages: viruses of microbes in aquatic ecosystems

Since the discovery 2-3 decades ago that viruses of microbes are abundant in marine ecosystems, viral ecology has grown increasingly to reach the status of a full scientific discipline in environmental sciences. A dedicated ISVM society, the International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms, (http://www.isvm.org/) was recently launched. Increasing studies in viral ecology are sources of novel...

Drug resistance in viruses, other microbes and eukaryotes.

Introduction to special issue on viruses and microbes.

This special issue of Virology is dedicated to highlight current research on viruses of microbes, as discussed at a recent EMBO Viruses of Microbes (VoM II) conference held in Brussels, Belgium, July 2012 (http://www.events.embo.org/12-virus-microbe/pro gramme.html). Two salient events marked the meeting. First, it was the first official meeting of the International Society for Viruses of Micro...

Lice, Humans, and Microbes

Lice are small, wingless, minor ectoparasites of mammals and birds. More than 540  blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) have been described with each host having its own type of louse, suggesting the cospeciation of the lice species with their host. Among these, two lice species from two different genera infest humans: Pediculus humanus and Phthirus pubis (pubic “crab” l...