Friedhelm Pfeiffer

The paper identifies and characterizes archaeal lipoprotein biogenesis components, showing their essential role in archaeal cell physiology and revealing distinct enzymatic activities.

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.

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.

This study identifies RNA 3' termini and termination sites in Haloferax volcanii using a novel algorithm and RNAseq data, revealing distinct motifs for intergenic and coding regions.