see my publications at pubmed, and my citations at google scholar.

Kleinbub S, Braymer JJ, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Spirgath K, Alfaro-Espinoza G, Koerdt A. From genes to Black Rust: genomic insights into corrosive methanogens. FEMS Microbes. 2025 Nov 17;6:xtaf018. doi: 10.1093/femsmc/xtaf018. PMID: 41333139; PMCID: PMC12667266.

Dyall-Smith M. Archaeal symbioses all the way down. Nat Microbiol. 2025 Nov;10(11):2651-2652. doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02158-6. PMID: 41116033.

Di Cianni N, Bolsinger S, Brendel J, Raabe M, König S, Mitchell L, Bischler T, Gräfenhan T, Read C, Erdmann S, Allers T, Walther P, Urlaub H, Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Marchfelder A. Provirus deletion from Haloferax volcanii affects motility, stress resistance, and CRISPR RNA expression. Microlife. 2025 May 19;6:uqaf008. doi: 10.1093/femsml/uqaf008. PMID: 40395997; PMCID: PMC12091111.

Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F. Global Distribution and Diversity of Haloarchaeal pL6-Family Plasmids. Genes (Basel). 2024 Aug 26;15(9):1123. doi: 10.3390/genes15091123. PMID: 39336713; PMCID: PMC11431627.

Schneider B, Pfeiffer F, Remus D, Dyall-Smith M, Kunte H-J. Genome sequence of Pseudomonas silesiensis strain G3, a member of a bacterial consortium capable of polyethylene degradation. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Nov 12;13(11):e0013824. doi: 10.1128/mra.00138-24. Epub 2024 Sep 27. PMID: 39329512; PMCID: PMC11556034.

Sailer AL, Jevtic Z, Stoll B, Wörtz J, Sharma K, Urlaub H, Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Marchfelder A, Lenz C. Iron starvation results in up-regulation of a probable Haloferax volcanii siderophore transporter. Front Microbiol. 2024 Aug 14;15:1422844. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1422844. PMID: 39206359; PMCID: PMC11349517.

Chatterjee P, Garcia MA, Cote JA, Yun K, Legerme GP, Habib R, Tripepi M, Young C, Kulp D, Dyall-Smith M, Pohlschroder M. Involvement of ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA in archaeal type IV pilin-mediated motility regulation. J Bacteriol. 2024 Jun 20;206(6):e0008924. doi: 10.1128/jb.00089-24. Epub 2024 May 31. PMID: 38819156; PMCID: PMC11332145.

León MJ, Sánchez-Porro C, de la Haba RR, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Oksanen HM, Ventosa A. Halobacterium hubeiense sp. nov., a haloarchaeal species isolated from a bore core drilled in Hubei Province, PR China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 Mar;74(3):006296. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006296. PMID: 38512754 PMCID: PMC11004503.

Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, Vreeland RH. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 Mar;74(3):006290. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006290. PMID: 38456846; PMCID: PMC10999741.

Paul S, Anderson PJ, Maynard GJ, Dyall-Smith M, Kudinha T. Complete genome sequence of Australian soil bacterium Rouxiella badensis DAR84756 resolved with Oxford Nanopore long-read and Illumina sequences. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jan 17;13(1):e0085723. doi: 10.1128/mra.00857-23. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PMID: 38038462; PMCID: PMC10793252.

Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M. Genome comparison reveals that Halobacterium salinarum 63-R2 is the origin of the twin laboratory strains NRC-1 and R1. Microbiologyopen. 2023 Jun;12(3):e1365. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1365. PMID: 37379421; PMCID: PMC10264941.

Paul S, Anderson PJ, Maynard GJ, Dyall-Smith M, Kudinha T. Complete Genome Sequences of the Type Strains Rouxiella badensis DSM 100043 and R. chamberiensis DSM 28324, Resolved Using Nanopore Long-Read Sequencing. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Jul 18;12(7):e0015623. doi: 10.1128/mra.00156-23. Epub 2023 Jun 7. PMID: 37284761; PMCID: PMC10353361.

Liu Y, Du S, Chen X, Dyall-Smith M, Jalasvuori M, Oksanen HM, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Simuloviridae 2023. J Gen Virol. 2023 Apr;104(4):001841. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001841. PMID: 37093734; PMCID: PMC12642351.

Demina TA, Dyall-Smith M, Jalasvuori M, Du S, Oksanen HM. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sphaerolipoviridae 2023. J Gen Virol. 2023 Mar;104(3):001830. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001830. PMID: 36916406; PMCID: PMC12643093.

Liu Y, Dyall-Smith M, Oksanen HM. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pleolipoviridae 2022. J Gen Virol. 2022 Nov;103(11):001793. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001793. PMID: 36374180; PMCID: PMC12642806.

Schneider B, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Kunte HJ. Genome Sequence of Cupriavidus campinensis Strain G5, a Member of a Bacterial Consortium Capable of Polyethylene Degradation. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Oct 20;11(10):e0055322. doi: 10.1128/mra.00553-22. Epub 2022 Sep 20. PMID: 36125283; PMCID: PMC9584319.

Schneider B, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Kunte HJ. Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas veronii Strain G2, a Member of a Bacterial Consortium Capable of Polyethylene Degradation. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Jun 16;11(6):e0036522. doi: 10.1128/mra.00365-22. Epub 2022 May 26. PMID: 35616375; PMCID: PMC9202403.

Schneider B, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Kunte HJ. Genome Sequence of Micromonospora aurantiaca Strain G9, a Member of a Bacterial Consortium Capable of Polyethylene Degradation. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 May 19;11(5):e0114821. doi: 10.1128/mra.01148-21. Epub 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35389268; PMCID: PMC9119041.

Russ B, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M. Halovirus HF2 Intergenic Repeat Sequences Carry Promoters. Viruses. 2021 Nov 29;13(12):2388. doi: 10.3390/v13122388. PMID: 34960657; PMCID: PMC8707807.

Krupovic M, Turner D, Morozova V, Dyall-Smith M, Oksanen HM, Edwards R, Dutilh BE, Lehman SM, Reyes A, Baquero DP, Sullivan MB, Uchiyama J, Nakavuma J, Barylski J, Young MJ, Du S, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Kushkina A, Kropinski AM, Kurtböke I, Brister JR, Lood C, Sarkar BL, Yigang T, Liu Y, Huang L, Wittmann J, Chanishvili N, van Zyl LJ, Rumnieks J, Mochizuki T, Jalasvuori M, Aziz RK, Łobocka M, Stedman KM, Shkoporov AN, Gillis A, Peng X, Enault F, Knezevic P, Lavigne R, Rhee SK, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Moraru C, Moreno Switt AI, Poranen MM, Millard A, Prangishvili D, Adriaenssens EM. Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the ICTV: update of taxonomy changes in 2021. Arch Virol. 2021 Nov;166(11):3239-3244. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05205-9. PMID: 34417873; PMCID: PMC8497307.

Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M. Open Issues for Protein Function Assignment in Haloferax volcanii and Other Halophilic Archaea. Genes (Basel). 2021 Jun 24;12(7):963. doi: 10.3390/genes12070963. PMID: 34202810; PMCID: PMC8305020.

Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Chiang PW, Tang SL. Genome Sequence of Hardyhisp2, a Gammapleolipovirus Infecting Haloarcula hispanica. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00226-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00226-21. PMID:
33986080; PMCID: PMC8142566.

Tittes C, Schwarzer S, Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M, Rodriguez-Franco M, Oksanen HM, Quax TEF. Cellular and Genomic Properties of Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, the Host of Euryarchaeal Virus HFTV1. Front Microbiol. 2021 Feb 16;12:625599. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.625599. PMID: 33664716; PMCID: PMC7921747.

Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Chiang PW, Tang SL. The Novel Halovirus Hardycor1, and the Presence of Active (Induced) Proviruses in Four Haloarchaea. Genes (Basel). 2021 Jan 23;12(2):149. doi: 10.3390/genes12020149. PMID: 33498646; PMCID: PMC7911831.

Cui HL, Dyall-Smith ML. Cultivation of halophilic archaea (class Halobacteria) from thalassohaline and athalassohaline environments. Mar Life Sci Technol. 2021 Jan 11;3(2):243-251. doi: 10.1007/s42995-020-00087-3. PMID: 37073340; PMCID: PMC10077297.

Liu Y, Bailey KE, Dyall-Smith M, Marenda MS, Hardefeldt LY, Browning GF, Gilkerson JR, Billman-Jacobe H. Faecal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance gene profiles of healthy foals. Equine Vet J. 2021 Jul;53(4):806-816. doi: 10.1111/evj.13366. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33030244.

Collins M, Afolayan S, Igiraneza AB, Schiller H, Krespan E, Beiting DP, Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Pohlschroder M. Mutations Affecting HVO_1357 or HVO_2248 Cause Hypermotility in Haloferax volcanii, Suggesting Roles in Motility Regulation. Genes (Basel). 2020 Dec 31;12(1):58. doi: 10.3390/genes12010058. PMID: 33396553; PMCID: PMC7824242.

Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL, Russ B, Chiang PW, Pfeiffer F. Comparative Genomics of Two New HF1-like Haloviruses. Genes (Basel). 2020 Apr 8;11(4):405. doi: 10.3390/genes11040405. PMID: 32276506; PMCID: PMC7230728.

Lee STM, Ding JY, Chiang PW, Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL. Insights into gene regulation of the halovirus His2 infecting Haloarcula hispanica. Microbiologyopen. 2020 May;9(5):e1016. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1016. Epub 2020 Mar 25. PMID: 32212320; PMCID: PMC7221443.

Liu Y, Dyall-Smith M, Marenda M, Hu HW, Browning G, Billman-Jacobe H. Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Antibiotic-Free Chicken Farms. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Mar 13;9(3):120. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9030120. PMID: 32183177; PMCID: PMC7148458.

Pfeiffer F, Losensky G, Marchfelder A, Habermann B, Dyall-Smith M. Whole-genome comparison between the type strain of Halobacterium salinarum (DSM 3754T ) and the laboratory strains R1 and NRC-1. Microbiologyopen. 2020 Feb;9(2):e974. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.974. Epub 2019 Dec 3. PMID: 31797576; PMCID: PMC7002104.