TY - JOUR
T1 - Virus
T2 - host interactions in salt lakes.
AU - Porter, Kate
AU - Russ, Brendan E.
AU - Dyall-Smith, Michael L.
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = Aug 2007; Journal title (773t) = Current Opinion in Microbiology. ISSNs: 1369-5274;
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Natural hypersaline waters are widely distributed around the globe, as both continental surface waters and sea floor lakes, the latter being maintained by the large density difference between the hypersaline and overlying marine water. Owing to the extreme salt concentrations, close to or at saturation (approximately 35%, w/v), such waters might be expected to be devoid of life but, in fact, maintain dense populations of microbes. The majority of these microorganisms are halophilic prokaryotes belonging to the Domain Archaea, 'haloarchaea'. Viruses infecting haloarchaea are a vital part of hypersaline ecosystems, in many circumstances outnumbering cells by 10-100-fold. However, few of these 'haloviruses' have been isolated and even fewer have been characterised in molecular detail. In this review, we explore the methods used by haloviruses to replicate within their hosts and consider the implications of haloviral-haloarchaeal interactions for salt lake ecology.
AB - Natural hypersaline waters are widely distributed around the globe, as both continental surface waters and sea floor lakes, the latter being maintained by the large density difference between the hypersaline and overlying marine water. Owing to the extreme salt concentrations, close to or at saturation (approximately 35%, w/v), such waters might be expected to be devoid of life but, in fact, maintain dense populations of microbes. The majority of these microorganisms are halophilic prokaryotes belonging to the Domain Archaea, 'haloarchaea'. Viruses infecting haloarchaea are a vital part of hypersaline ecosystems, in many circumstances outnumbering cells by 10-100-fold. However, few of these 'haloviruses' have been isolated and even fewer have been characterised in molecular detail. In this review, we explore the methods used by haloviruses to replicate within their hosts and consider the implications of haloviral-haloarchaeal interactions for salt lake ecology.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Archaea
KW - Extremophile
KW - Halovirus
KW - Hypersaline
KW - Virus
U2 - 10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.017
DO - 10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.017
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 418
EP - 424
JO - Current Opinion in Microbiology
JF - Current Opinion in Microbiology
SN - 1369-5274
IS - 4
ER -