Mike Dyall‐Smith

The paper deletes four proviruses in Haloferax volcanii and finds increased motility, stress resistance, and altered CRISPR RNA expression.

The paper analyzes the global distribution and diversity of pL6-family plasmids in haloarchaea, identifying conserved gene arrangements and active transcription in metagenomic data.

This study identifies ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA as regulators of pilin-mediated motility in Haloferax volcanii through genetic and expression analyses.

The paper identifies and discusses annotation issues in protein function assignments for Haloferax volcanii and other halophilic archaea, highlighting cases where current databases may be incorrect or incomplete.