Host-virus chemical arms race during algal bloom in the ocean at a single cell resolution

Project Information

Virocellsphere

Grant agreement ID: 681715

DOI 10.3030/681715

Project closed

EC signature date 2 May 2016

Start date 1 November 2016

End date 31 October 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 749 901,00

EU contribution € 2 749 901,00

Coordinated by

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Israel

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Complete Genome Sequence of Sulfitobacter sp. Strain D7, a Virulent Bacterium Isolated from an Emiliania huxleyi Algal Bloom in the North Atlantic

Author(s): Chuan Ku, Noa Barak-Gavish, Mark Maienschein-Cline, Stefan J. Green, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Microbiology Resource Announcements, Issue 7/19, 2018, ISSN 2576-098X
Publisher: American Society of Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/mra.01379-18

A single-cell view on alga-virus interactions reveals sequential transcriptional programs and infection states

Author(s): Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Shifra Ben-Dor, Daniella Schatz, Amos Tanay, Shilo Rosenwasser, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 6/21, 2020, Page(s) eaba4137, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba4137

Ecological significance of extracellular vesicles in modulating host-virus interactions during algal blooms

Author(s): Daniella Schatz, Guy Schleyer, Marius R. Saltvedt, Ruth-Anne Sandaa, Ester Feldmesser, Assaf Vardi
Published in: The ISME Journal, 2021, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01018-5

Viral infection of algal blooms leaves a unique metabolic footprint on the dissolved organic matter in the ocean

Author(s): Constanze Kuhlisch, Guy Schleyer, Nir Shahaf, Flora Vincent, Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 7/25, 2021, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf4680

An Emiliania huxleyi pan-transcriptome reveals basal strain specificity in gene expression patterns

Author(s): Ester Feldmesser, Shifra Ben-Dor, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00072-5

Communication via extracellular vesicles enhances viral infection of a cosmopolitan alga

Author(s): Daniella Schatz, Shilo Rosenwasser, Sergey Malitsky, Sharon G. Wolf, Ester Feldmesser, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 2/11, 2017, Page(s) 1485-1492, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0024-3

Expression profiling of host and virus during a coccolithophore bloom provides insights into the role of viral infection in promoting carbon export

Author(s): Uri Sheyn, Shilo Rosenwasser, Yoav Lehahn, Noa Barak-Gavish, Ron Rotkopf, Kay D. Bidle, Ilan Koren, Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 12/3, 2018, Page(s) 704-713, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-017-0004-x

Morphological switch to a resistant subpopulation in response to viral infection in the bloom-forming coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

Author(s): Miguel José Frada, Shilo Rosenwasser, Shifra Ben-Dor, Adva Shemi, Helena Sabanay, Assaf Vardi
Published in: PLOS Pathogens, Issue 13/12, 2017, Page(s) e1006775, ISSN 1553-7374
Publisher: PLoS
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006775

Extracellular vesicles — new players in cell–cell communication in aquatic environments

Author(s): Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Current Opinion in Microbiology, Issue 43, 2018, Page(s) 148-154, ISSN 1369-5274
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.014

Bacterial virulence against an oceanic bloom-forming phytoplankter is mediated by algal DMSP

Author(s): Noa Barak-Gavish, Miguel José Frada, Chuan Ku, Peter A. Lee, Giacomo R. DiTullio, Sergey Malitsky, Asaph Aharoni, Stefan J. Green, Ron Rotkopf, Elena Kartvelishvily, Uri Sheyn, Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 4/10, 2018, Page(s) eaau5716, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5716

Unmasking cellular response of a bloom-forming alga to viral infection by resolving expression profiles at a single-cell level

Author(s): Shilo Rosenwasser, Uri Sheyn, Miguel J. Frada, David Pilzer, Ron Rotkopf, Assaf Vardi
Published in: PLOS Pathogens, Issue 15/4, 2019, Page(s) e1007708, ISSN 1553-7374
Publisher: PLOS
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007708

In plaque-mass spectrometry imaging of a bloom-forming alga during viral infection reveals a metabolic shift towards odd-chain fatty acid lipids

Author(s): Guy Schleyer, Nir Shahaf, Carmit Ziv, Yonghui Dong, Roy A. Meoded, Eric J. N. Helfrich, Daniella Schatz, Shilo Rosenwasser, Ilana Rogachev, Asaph Aharoni, Jörn Piel, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 4/3, 2019, Page(s) 527-538, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0336-y

Visualizing active viral infection reveals diverse cell fates in synchronized algal bloom demise

Author(s): Flora Vincent, Uri Sheyn, Ziv Porat, Daniella Schatz, Assaf Vardi
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 118/11, 2021, Page(s) e2021586118, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021586118