Viruses of Archaea: what we can learn from them
Special seminar
- Date: May 18, 2018
- Time: 10:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Dr. Susanne Erdmann
- (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
- Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
- Room: Lecture hall
- Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik
- Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Archaea are present in environments that
resemble early Earth, have revealed novel lineages that are possible
relics of an ancient past and offer insight into cellular evolution. By
comparison, the evolution of viruses, including their origin and
relationship to other extrachromosomal elements and ancestral cellular
life, is less certain. I have been studying viruses from diverse
‘extreme’ environments including hot springs and Antarctic lakes and
discovered novel viruses and extrachromosomal elements possessing unique
morphologies, genome content and interactions with their hosts. My
studies aim to improve our understanding of viral evolution and
virus-host relationships.