Emerging Aspects of Jumbo Bacteriophages

Phage phiKZ—The First of Giants

(2021) Victor Krylov et al.   Viruses-Basel

Jumbo Phages: A Comparative Genomic Overview of Core Functions and Adaptions for Biological Conflicts

(2021) Lakshminarayan M. Iyer et al.   Viruses-Basel

Genomic analysis of bacteriophage Xoo-sp13 infecting Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

(2021) Amina Nazir et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Characterization and Genomic Analysis of PALS2, a Novel Staphylococcus Jumbo Bacteriophage

(2021) Yoona Lee et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A Roadmap for Genome-Based Phage Taxonomy

(2021) Dann Turner et al.   Viruses-Basel

Clades of huge phages from across Earth’s ecosystems

(2020) Basem Al-Shayeb et al.   NATURE

Integrative omics analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virus PA5oct highlights the molecular complexity of jumbo phages

(2020) Cédric Lood et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Intracellular Organization by Jumbo Bacteriophages

(2020) Jingwen Guan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multisubunit RNA Polymerases of Jumbo Bacteriophages

(2020) Maria L. Sokolova et al.   Viruses-Basel

Maturation of Pseudo-Nucleus Compartment in P. aeruginosa, Infected with Giant phiKZ Phage

(2020) Yana A. Danilova et al.   Viruses-Basel

Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles

(2019) Aldenor G. Santos et al.   Scientific Reports

Megaphages infect Prevotella and variants are widespread in gut microbiomes

(2019) Audra E. Devoto et al.   Nature Microbiology

Numerous cultivated and uncultivated viruses encode ribosomal proteins

(2019) Carolina M. Mizuno et al.   Nature Communications

Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

(2019) Kaitlyn E. Kortright et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The study of the phiKZ phage non-canonical non-virion RNA polymerase

(2019) Mariia Orekhova et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Giant Viruses—Big Surprises

(2019) Nadav Brandes et al.   Viruses-Basel

Genomic characterization of bacteriophage pEt-SU, a novel phiKZ-related virus infecting Edwardsiella tarda

(2019) Sang Guen Kim et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

A novel jumbo Tenacibaculum maritimum lytic phage with head-fiber-like appendages

(2019) Yasuhiko Kawato et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

vB_PaeM_MIJ3, a Novel Jumbo Phage Infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Possesses Unusual Genomic Features

(2019) Mohammed Imam et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A bacteriophage nucleus-like compartment shields DNA from CRISPR nucleases

(2019) Senén D. Mendoza et al.   NATURE

A jumbo phage that forms a nucleus-like structure evades CRISPR–Cas DNA targeting but is vulnerable to type III RNA-based immunity

(2019) Lucia M. Malone et al.   Nature Microbiology

Erwinia amylovora phage vB_EamM_Y3 represents another lineage of hairy Myoviridae

(2018) Colin Buttimer et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Xanthomonas citri jumbo phage XacN1 exhibits a wide host range and high complement of tRNA genes

(2018) Genki Yoshikawa et al.   Scientific Reports

Larger Than Life: Isolation and Genomic Characterization of a Jumbo Phage That Infects the Bacterial Plant Pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2018) Hedieh Attai et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Global proteomic profiling of Salmonella infection by a giant phage

(2018) Susan T. Weintraub et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Vibrio Phage KVP40 Encodes a Functional NAD + Salvage Pathway

(2017) Jae Yun Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Jumbo Bacteriophages: An Overview

(2017) Yihui Yuan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Giant viruses and the origin of modern eukaryotes

(2016) Patrick Forterre et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The genome of AR9, a giant transducing Bacillus phage encoding two multisubunit RNA polymerases

(2016) Daria Lavysh et al.   VIROLOGY

RNA-Sequencing Reveals the Progression of Phage-Host Interactions between φR1-37 and Yersinia enterocolitica

(2016) Katarzyna Leskinen et al.   Viruses-Basel

Evolution of double-stranded DNA viruses of eukaryotes: from bacteriophages to transposons to giant viruses

(2015) Eugene V. Koonin et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Complete genome sequence of a giant Vibrio bacteriophage VH7D

(2015) Zhu-Hua Luo et al.   Marine Genomics

A non-canonical multisubunit RNA polymerase encoded by a giant bacteriophage

(2015) Maria Yakunina et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Development of Giant Bacteriophage  KZ Is Independent of the Host Transcription Apparatus

(2014) P.-J. Ceyssens et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Thirty-thousand-year-old distant relative of giant icosahedral DNA viruses with a pandoravirus morphology

(2014) M. Legendre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome packaging in EL and Lin68, two giant phiKZ-like bacteriophages of P. aeruginosa

(2014) O.S. Sokolova et al.   VIROLOGY

Infection cycles of large DNA viruses: Emerging themes and underlying questions

(2014) Yael Mutsafi et al.   VIROLOGY

Structural similarities in DNA packaging and delivery apparatuses in Herpesvirus and dsDNA bacteriophages

(2014) Frazer J Rixon et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Characterization of Bacteriophages Cp1 and Cp2, the Strain-Typing Agents for Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri

(2013) Abdelmonim Ali Ahmad et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

“Megavirales”, a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses

(2013) Philippe Colson et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

A giant Pseudomonas phage from Poland

(2013) Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Characterization ofTrichodesmium-associated viral communities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

(2013) Julia M. Brown et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The Structure of the Herpes Simplex Virus DNA-Packaging Terminase pUL15 Nuclease Domain Suggests an Evolutionary Lineage among Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Viruses

(2013) S. Selvarajan Sigamani et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Revenge of the phages: defeating bacterial defences

(2013) Julie E. Samson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Klebsiella Phage vB_KleM-RaK2 — A Giant Singleton Virus of the Family Myoviridae

(2013) Eugenijus Šimoliūnas et al.   PLoS One

Phage  C2 Mediates Transduction of Tn6215, Encoding Erythromycin Resistance, between Clostridium difficile Strains

(2013) S. Goh et al.   mBio

Principles and Concepts of DNA Replication in Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya

(2013) M. O'Donnell et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Caulobacter crescentus phage phiCbK: genomics of a canonical phage

(2012) Jason J Gill et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A Phage Tubulin Assembles Dynamic Filaments by an Atypical Mechanism to Center Viral DNA within the Host Cell

(2012) James A. Kraemer et al.   CELL

Characterization of the Genome, Proteome, and Structure of Yersiniophage  R1-37

(2012) M. Skurnik et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Cyanophage tRNAs may have a role in cross-infectivity of oceanic Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus hosts

(2011) Hagay Enav et al.   ISME Journal

Complete Genome Sequence of the Giant Virus OBP and Comparative Genome Analysis of the Diverse  KZ-Related Phages

(2011) A. Cornelissen et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Complete genome sequence and characterization of a broad-host range T4-like bacteriophage phiAS5 infecting Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

(2011) Ji Hyung Kim et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Virus factories, double membrane vesicles and viroplasm generated in animal cells

(2011) Christopher L Netherton et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

DNA Viruses: The Really Big Ones (Giruses)

(2010) James L. Van Etten et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Bacteriophage resistance mechanisms

(2010) Simon J. Labrie et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genomes of the T4-related bacteriophages as windows on microbial genome evolution

(2010) Vasiliy M Petrov et al.   Virology Journal

The actin-like MreB cytoskeleton organizes viral DNA replication in bacteria

(2009) D. Munoz-Espin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification and comparative analysis of the structural proteomes of ϕKZ and EL, two giantPseudomonas aeruginosabacteriophages

(2009) Elke Lecoutere et al.   PROTEOMICS

Characterization of Pseudomonas chlororaphis myovirus 201ϕ2-1 via genomic sequencing, mass spectrometry, and electron microscopy

(2008) Julie A. Thomas et al.   VIROLOGY