MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Active virus-host system in a Lokiarchaeon culture
Nevena Maslać, Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo, Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira…·Christa Schleper
This study reports the first cultivation of an Asgard archaeal virus and describes its integration, excision, and replication, along with the host's unique antiviral defense systems.