Bacteriophages (phages), as natural antibacterial agents, are being rediscovered because
of the growing threat of multi-and pan-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens globally. However …

All extant eukaryotes descend from the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA), which is
thought to have featured complex cellular organization. To gain insight into LECA biology …

Identifying and characterizing mobile genetic elements in sequencing data is essential for
understanding their diversity, ecology, biotechnological applications and impact on public …

This article summarises the activities of the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee of the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses for the period of March 2021− March 2022 …

Most emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases stem from viruses that naturally
circulate in non-human vertebrates. When these viruses cross over into humans, they can …

In March 2022, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

Simple Summary Avian influenza viruses are highly contagious respiratory viruses that
severely impact bird populations, causing significant morbidity, mortality, and economic …

Viruses are often studied using metagenome-assembled sequences, but genome
incompleteness hampers comprehensive and accurate analyses. Contig Overlap Based Re …

Viruses are considered to be the most abundant biological entities on earth. They also
display striking genetic diversity as emphatically demonstrated by the recent advances of …

Designing artificial viral vectors (AVVs) programmed with biomolecules that can enter
human cells and carry out molecular repairs will have broad applications. Here, we describe …