Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect global nutrient cycling, however they do so under strong constraints exerted by viruses. Research in the viral genomics group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host dynamics in environmental microbial communities. This involves both experimental and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of molecular mechanisms involved in virus:host interaction and host cell take-over by viruses, and attempts to evaluate ecosystem-level impacts of viral infections.
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