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Freshwater cyanobacteria perform a substantial part of the primary productivity of various aquatic systems worldwide. However these cyanobacteria can form blooms which can be toxic. In recent decades there has been an ongoing global increase in harmful cyanobacterial blooms. It is predicted that cyanobacterial dominance will intensify in the future. These blooms received substantial scientific and public attention due to their significant effect on the aquatic ecosystems they invade and on water quality. Both phages (viruses of bacteria) and eukaryotic grazers play a significant role in the top-down control of cyanobacteria, but the selection pressures they apply are different
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- A jumbo cyanophage encodes the most comprehensive ribosomal protein set in the known virosphere, Meza-Padilla, I., Avrani, S., Müller, K. M. & Nissimov, J. I., Jan 2026, In: ISME Journal. 20, 1, wrag084.
- Proliferative and viability effects of two cyanophages on freshwater bloom-forming species Microcystis aeruginosa and Raphidiopsis raciborskii vary between strains, Tokodi, N., Łobodzińska, A., Klimczak, B., Antosiak, A., Młynarska, S., Šulčius, S., Avrani, S., Yoshida, T. & Dziga, D., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 3152.
- Cyanophage Infections in a Sponge Intracellular Cyanobacterial Symbiont, Peretz, T., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Conti, C., Rosental, B., Steindler, L. & Avrani, S., Jul 2025, In: Environmental Microbiology. 27, 7, e70155.
- Genome sequence of Leptolyngbya phage Dor1, a cyanophage induced from a fish pond, Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Pessen, L. & Avrani, S., Feb 2025, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 14, 2
- Nitrogen availability shapes evolution of phage resistance in cyanobacteria, Higazi, M., Kolan, D., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Freiman, Z., Ninio, S. & Avrani, S., 1 Jan 2025, In: ISME Journal. 19, 1, wraf180.
- Tradeoffs between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation drive the evolution of genes essential for cyanobacterial heterocyst functionality, Kolan, D., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Enav, H., Freiman, Z., Malinsky-Rushansky, N., Ninio, S. & Avrani, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: ISME Journal. 18, 1, wrad008.
- Sequencing the genomes of LPP-1, the first isolated cyanophage, and its relative LPP-2 reveal different integration mechanisms in closely related phages, Shaalan, H., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Li, K. & Avrani, S., May 2023, In: Harmful Algae. 124, 102409.
- Isolation and characterization of a novel Lambda-like phage infecting the bloom-forming cyanobacteria Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, Laloum, E., Cattan-Tsaushu, E., Schwartz, D. A., Shaalan, H., Enav, H., Kolan, D. & Avrani, S., May 2022, In: Environmental Microbiology. 24, 5, p. 2435-2448 14 p.
- Dynamics of Adaptation during Three Years of Evolution under Long-Term Stationary Phase, Katz, S., Avrani, S., Yavneh, M., Hilau, S., Gross, J. & Hershberg, R., 25 Jun 2021, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38, 7, p. 2778-2790 13 p.
- Coevolutionary phage training leads to greater bacterial suppression and delays the evolution of phage resistance, Borin, J. M., Avrani, S., Barrick, J. E., Petrie, K. L. & Meyer, J. R., 8 Jun 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 23, e2104592118.
- Culture Volume Influences theDynamics ofAdaptation under Long-Term Stationary Phase, Gross, J., Avrani, S., Katz, S., Hilau, S. & Hershberg, R., 6 Dec 2020, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 12, 12, p. 2292-2301 10 p.
- Adaptations accumulated under prolonged resource exhaustion are highly transient, Avrani, S., Katz, S. & Hershberg, R., 1 Jul 2020, In: mSphere. 5, 4, 8820.
- Rapid Genetic Adaptation during the First Four Months of Survival under Resource Exhaustion, Avrani, S., Bolotin, E., Katz, S. & Hershberg, R., 1 Jul 2017, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34, 7, p. 1758-1769 12 p.
- Convergent evolution toward an improved growth rate and a reduced resistance range in Prochlorococcus strains resistant to phage, Avrani, S. & Lindell, D., 28 Apr 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 17, p. E2191-E2200
- Diversity and evolutionary relationships of T7-like podoviruses infecting marine cyanobacteria, Dekel-Bird, N. P., Avrani, S., Sabehi, G., Pekarsky, I., Marston, M. F., Kirzner, S. & Lindell, D., May 2013, In: Environmental Microbiology. 15, 5, p. 1476-1491 16 p.
- Genetic structure of a galling aphid Slavum wertheimae and its host tree Pistacia atlantica across an Irano-Turanian distribution: From fragmentation to speciation?, Avrani, S., Ben-Shlomo, R. & Inbar, M., Aug 2012, In: Tree Genetics and Genomes. 8, 4, p. 811-820 10 p.
- Virus-host swinging party in the oceans, Avrani, S., Schwartz, D. A. & Lindell, D., 2012, In: Mobile Genetic Elements. 2, 2, p. 88-95 8 p.
- Genomic island variability facilitates Prochlorococcusvirus coexistence, Avrani, S., Wurtzel, O., Sharon, I., Sorek, R. & Lindell, D., 30 Jun 2011, In: Nature. 474, 7353, p. 604-608 5 p.