7th joint conference "Joint Microbiology & Infection Conference 2024" of the DGHM and VAAM

<strong>Development of a genetic system for Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, model host for haloarchaeal viruses</strong>

Phages and microbial defense systems 

FG Mikrobielle Viren (FG MV)

Biology of Microbial Viruses

Oral Presentation

Raum 13

Sensing, Signaling & Communicating Microbes

Oral Sessions

Chair

Abstract: Viruses by far outnumber cells and there is an ongoing arms race for survival. Archaea are infected by unusual viruses that are structurally very diverse and include those with unique capsid shapes such as a bottle, and viruses with cosmopolitan morphologies, such as head-tailed viruses. As the archaeal cell envelope is fundamentally different from that of bacteria and archaea, archaeal viruses face different challenges when traversing the cell envelope on their way in and out of the cell. We use haloarchaea and their viruses to study viral infection mechanisms. In my talk I will focus on the tailed haloarchaeal virus HFTV1 and present data on the molecular mechanisms underlying infection. 

Tessa E. F. Quax

Chair

Invited Speaker

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