All Outputs (3)

From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses (2020)
Journal Article
Wittmann, J., Turner, D., Millard, A., Mahadevan, P., Kropinski, A., & Adriaenssens, E. (2020). From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses. Antibiotics, 9(10), 663. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9100663

Escherichia phage N4 was isolated in 1966 in Italy and has remained a genomic orphan for a long time. It encodes an extremely large virion-associated RNA polymerase unique for bacterial viruses that became characteristic for this group. In recent yea... Read More about From orphan phage to a proposed new family–the diversity of N4-like viruses.

Investigating the efficacy of the bacteriophage vB_PaeM_SM against a bioluminescent strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a biofilm and planktonic model (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Nelson, S., Cozens, K., & Turner, D. (2020, March). Investigating the efficacy of the bacteriophage vB_PaeM_SM against a bioluminescent strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a biofilm and planktonic model. Poster presented at Society for Applied Microbiology Early Career Scientist Research Symposium, Cardiff/online

Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee (2020)
Journal Article
Adriaenssens, E. M., Sullivan, M. B., Knezevic, P., van Zyl, L. J., Sarkar, B. L., Dutilh, B. E., …Krupovic, M. (2020). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 165(5), 1253-1260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04577-8

This article is a summary of the activities of the ICTV’s Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee for the years 2018 and 2019. Highlights include the creation of a new order, 10 families, 22 subfamilies, 424 genera and 964 species. Some of our co... Read More about Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee.