PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1975 - 1982

1 - FORTERRE P., MILEWSKI E., KOHIYAMA M., ROISIN M.P et KEPES A. Isolement d'une activité ATPasique inhibée par l'acide nalidixique chez Escherichia coli. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 278, 2-7 (1975).

2 - FORTERRE P. and KOHIYAMA M. Evidence for the existence of two steps in DNA replication obtained in toluene treated Escherichia coli. Eur. J. Biochem. 90, 537-546 (1978).

3 - FORTERRE P. Model for the supercoiling reaction catalyzed by DNA gyrase. J. Theor. Biol. 82, 255-269 (1980).

4 - BADET B., HUGUES P., KOHIYAMA M. and FORTERRE P. Inhibition of DNA replication in vitro by pefloflaxin. FEBS Letters, 145, 355-359 (1982).

19845 - FORTERRE P., SQUALI F.Z., HUGUES P. and KOHIYAMA M. Studies on the role of dam methylation at the

Escherichia coli chromosome replication origin (oriC). Adv. Exptl. Biol. Med. 179, 543-549 (1984).6 - HUGUES P., SQUALI F.Z., FORTERRE P. and KOHIYAMA M. In vitro replication of a dam methylated and

non methylated oriC plasmid. J. Mol. Biol., 175, 155-159 (1984).7 - BARBEYRON T., KEAN K. and FORTERRE P. DNA adenine methylation of GATC sequences appeared

recently in Escherichia coli lineage. J. Bacteriol. 160, 586-590 (1984).8 - FORTERRE P., ELIE C. and KOHIYAMA M. Aphidicolin inhibits growth and DNA synthesis in halophilic

archaebacteria. J. Bacteriol. 159, 800-802 (1984).9 - MIRAMBEAU G., DUGUET M. and FORTERRE P. ATP dependent DNA topoisomerase from the

archaebacteria Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. J. Mol. Biol., 179, 559-563 (1984).

198510 - FORTERRE P., MIRAMBEAU G., JAXEL C. NADAL M. and DUGUET M. High positive supercoiling in vitro

catalyzed by an ATP and polyethylene glycol-stimulated topoisomerase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. EMBO J. 4, 2123-2128 (1985).

198611 - FORTERRE P., NADAL M., ELIE C., JAXEL C., MIRAMBEAU G. and DUGUET M. Mechanisms of DNA

synthesis and topoisomerisation in archaebacteria ; reverse gyration in vitro and in vivo. System. Appl. Microbiol. 7, 67-71 (1986).

12 - NADAL M., MIRAMBEAU G., FORTERRE P., REITER W.D. and DUGUET M. Positively supercoiled DNA in a virus-like particle of an archaebacterium. Nature, 321, 256-258 (1986).

198713 - SIOUD M., BALDACCI G., FORTERRE P. and DE RECONDO A.M. Antitumoral drugs inhibit the growth of

halophilic archaebacteria. Eur. J. Biochem. 169, 231-236 (1987).14 - SIOUD M., FORTERRE P. and DE RECONDO A.M. Effect of the antitumoral drug VP 16 on the 1.7 kb

plasmid of the archaebacterium Halobacterium GRB. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 8217-8234 (1987).

198815 - SIOUD M., POSSOT O., ELIE C., SIBOLD L. and FORTERRE P. Coumarins and quinolones action in

archaebacteria : evidence for the presence of a DNA gyrase-like enzyme. J. Bacteriol. 170, 946-953 (1988).

16 - SIOUD M., BALDACCI G., DE RECONDO A.M. and FORTERRE P. Novobiocin induces positive supercoiling of small plasmids from halophilic archaebacteria. Nucleic acids res. 16, 1379-1392 (1988).

17 - SIOUD M., BALDACCI G., FORTERRE P. and DE RECONDO A.M. Novobiocin induces accumulation of a single strand of plasmid pGRB-1 in the archaebacterium Halobacterium GRB. Nucl. Acids Res. 16: 7833-7842. (1988).

18 - SIOUD M., BALDACCI G., DE RECONDO A.M. and FORTERRE P. Inhibitors of DNA topoisomerase II induce topological changes in an archaebacterial plasmid in vivo. Biochemical Pharmacol. 37, 1879-1880 (1988).

19 - NADAL M., JAXEL C., PORTEMER C., FORTERRE P., MIRAMBEAU G. and DUGUET M. The reverse gyrase of Sulfolobus: Purification to homogeneity and characterization. Biochemistry 27, 9102-9108 (1988).

20 - ELIE C., SALHI S., ROSSIGNOL J.M., FORTERRE P. and DE RECONDO, A.M. DNA polymerase from a thermoacidophilic archaebacterium: evolutionary and technological interest. Biophysica Biochemica Acta, 951, 261-267 (1988).

198921 - ELIE C., DE RECONDO A.M. and FORTERRE P. Thermostable DNA polymerase from the archaebacterium

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: Purification, characterization and obtention of polyclonal antibodies. Eur. J. Biochem.178, 619-626 (1989).

22 - SIOUD M., and FORTERRE P. "Ciprofloxacin and etoposide (VP16) produce similar pattern of cleavage in a plasmid of an archaebacterium. Biochemistry, 28:3638-3641 (1989).

23 - SALHI S., ELIE C., FORTERRE P., DE RECONDO A.M. and ROSSIGNOL J.M. The DNA polymerase from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Replication at high temperature of long stretches of single-stranded DNA. J. Mol. Biol., 209: 635-644 (1989).

24 - JAXEL, C, NADAL M., MIRAMBEAU G., FORTERRE P. TAKAHASHI M., and DUGUET M. Reverse gyrase performs unwinding of the double helix and single-strand cleavage in the absence of ATP. EMBO J., 8: 3135-3139. (1989)

25 - FORTERRE P. ELIE C., SIOUD M. and HAMAL A. Studies on DNA polymerases and topoisomerases on archaebacteria. Can. J. Biochem., 35, 228-233 (1989).

199026 - SALHI S., ELIE C., JEAN-JEAN O., MEUNIER-ROTIVAL M., FORTERRE P., ROSSIGNOL J.M. and DE

RECONDO A.M. The DNA polymerase from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius : a thermophilic and thermoresistant enzyme which can perform automated polymerase chain reaction. BBRC, 167, 1341-1347 (1990).

27 - HAMAL, A., FORTERRE, P. and ELIE C. "Purification and characterization of a DNA polymerase from the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum. Eur. J. Biochem., 190, 517-52 (1990).

28 - BOUTIER DE LA TOUT, C., PORTEMER, C., NADAL, M., STETTER, K., FORTERRE, P. and DUGUET, MReverse gyrase, an hallmark of the hyperthermophilic archaebacteria. J. Bacteriol. 172; 6803-6808 (1990).

199129 - BOUTIER DE LA TOUT, C., PORTEMER, C., HUBER, R.; FORTERRE, P. and DUGUET, M "Reverse

gyrase is present in thermophilic eubacteria. J. Bacteriol.173; 3921-3923 (1991).30 - LABEDAN B. and FORTERRE P. The potential of eukaryotic drugs for the isolation of resistance markers in

halophilic archaebacteria. Life Sciences, 10 : 17-24 (1991).

199231 - FORTERRE, P., CHARBONNIER, F., MARGUET, E. and HENCKES, G. Chromosome structure and DNA

topology in extremely thermophilic archaebacteria. Biochem. Soc. Symp. 58, 99-112 (1992).32 - ERAUSO, G., CHARBONNIER, F., BARBEYRON, T., FORTERRE, P. et D. PRIEUR, D. Preliminary

characterization of an ultrathermophilic archaebacterium with a plasmid isolated from North Fiji basinhydrothermal vent. Compte rendu de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 314, 387-393 (1992).

33 - FORTERRE, P. Neutral terms. Nature, 335, 305 (1992)34 - FORTERRE, P. The DNA polymerase from the archaebacterium Pyrococcus furiosus do not testify for a

specific relationship between archaebacterium and eukaryotes. Nucleic Acids Res., 20, 1811 (1992)35 - CHARBONNIER, F., ERAUSO, G., BARBEYRON, T., PRIEUR, D. and FORTERRE, P. Evidence that a

plasmif from a hyperthermophilic archaebacterium is relaxed at physiological temperatures. J. Bacteriol. 174, 6103-6108 (1992)

199336 - FORTERRE, P., BENACHENHOU, N., CONFALONIERI, F., DUGUET, M., ELIE, C., and LABEDAN, B. The

nature of the last universal ancestor and the root of the tree of life, still open questions. Biosystem, 28, 15-32 (1993)

37 - BENACHENHOU-LAHFA, N., FORTERRE, P., and LABEDAN, B. Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for two paralogous protein families and unusual branching patterns of the archaebacteria in the universal tree of life. J. Mol. Evol., 36, 335-346 (1993).

38 - FORTERRE, P., BENACHENOU-LAFHA, N. and LABEDAN, B. Universal tree of life. Nature, 362, 795 (1993)

39 - CONFALONIERI, F., ELIE, C., NADAL, M., BOUTHIER DE LA TOUR, C., FORTERRE, P. and DUGUET, M. Reverse gyrase : a helicase-like domain and a type I DNA topoisomerase in the same polypeptide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 90, 4753-4757 (1993).

40 - BOUTHIER DE LA TOUR, C., PORTEMER, C., FORTERRE, P. HUBER, R. and DUGUET, M. ATP-independent DNA topoisomerase from Fervidobacterium islandicum. Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 1216, 213-220 (1993).

199441 - MANKIN, A., DERCHKACHEVA, N.I., LEVIEV, I.G., KAGRAMANOVA, V., FORTERRE, P. and GARRETT,

R. Stable maintenance in halobacteria of plasmids harboring rDNA. System. Appl. Microbiol. 16, 672-679 (1994).

42 - FORTERRE, P., BERGERAT, A., GADELLE, D., ELIE, C., LOTTSPEICH, F., CONFALONIERI, F., DUGUET, M., HOLMES, M. and DYALL-SMITH, M. Evolution of DNA topoisomerases and DNA polymerases : A perspective from Archaea. System. Appl. Microbiol. 16, 746-758 (1994).

43 - CHARBONNIER, F. and FORTERRE, P. Comparison of plasmid DNA topology among mesophilic and thermophilic eubacteria and archaebacteria. J. Bacteriol. 176, 1251-1259 (1994).

44 - BENACHENOU-LAFHA, N., LABEDAN, B and FORTERRE, P. Cloning by PCR and sequencing of the gene encoding glutamate dehydrogenase from the archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae : identification of putative amino-acid signatures for extremophilic adaptation. Gene, 140, 17-24 (1994)

45 - MARGUET, E. and FORTERRE, P. DNA stability at temperatures typical for hyperthermophilesNucl. Acid Res. 22, 1681-1686 (1994).

46 - MOJICA, F., CHARBONNIER, F., JUEZ, G., RODRIGUEZ-VALERA, F. and FORTERRE, P.Effect of salt and temperature on plasmid topology in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii. J. Bacteriol., 16, 4966-4973 (1994)

47 - GADELLE, D. and FORTERRE, P. DNA intercalating drugs inhibit positive supercoiling induced by novobiocin in halophilic archaea. FEMS Microbiol. Letters, 123, 161-166 (1994)

48 - BERGERAT, A., GADELLE, D. and FORTERRE, P. Purification of a DNA topoisomerase II from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae.J. Biol. Chem., 269, 27663-27669 (1994)

199549 - FORTERRE, P., CONFALONIERI, F., CHARBONNIER, F. and DUGUET, M. Speculations on the origin of

life and thermophily : review of available information on reverse gyrase suggest that hyperthermophilic procaryotes are not so primitive. Origin of life, 25, 235-249 (1995)

50 - FORTERRE, P. Looking for the most "primitive" organism(s) on Earth today : the state of the art.Planetary and Space Sci. 43, 167-177 (1995).

51 - FORTERRE, P. Thermoreduction, a hypothesis for the origin of procaryotes C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 318, 415-422 (1995)

52 - BOUYOUB, A., BARBIER, G., QUERELLOU, J. and FORTERRE, P. A putative SOS repair gene (dinF-like) in a hyperthermophilic archaeon. Gene, 167, 147-149 (1995)

199653 - AAGARD, C., LEVEIEV, I., ARAVALLI, R.N., FORTERRE, P., PRIEUR, D. and GARRETT, R.A. General

vectors for archaeal hyperthermophiles: strategies based on a mobile intron and a plasmid.FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 18, 93-104 (1996)

54 - FORTERRE, P., BERGERAT, A. and LOPEZ-GARCIA, P. The unique DNA topology and DNA topoisomerases of hyperthermophilic archaea. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 18, 237-247 (1996).

55 - ERAUSO, G., MARSIN, S., BENBOUZID-ROLLET, N., BAUCHER, M.F., BARBEYRON, T., ZIVANOVIC, Y., PRIEUR, D. and FORTERRE, P. Sequence of plasmid pGT5 from the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi: Evidence for rolling-circle replication in a hyperthermophile. J. Bacteriol. 178, 3232-3237 (1996)

60 - FORTERRE, P. A hot topic: the origin of hyperthermophiles. Cell, 85, 789-792 (1996)

61 - BOUYOUB, A., BARBIER, G., FORTERRE, P. and LABEDAN, B. The adenylosuccinate synthetase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus species displays unusual structural features. J. Mol. Biol. 261, 144-154 (1996)

62 - MARGUET, E., ZIVANOVIC, Y. and FORTERRE, P. DNA topological change in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi exposed to low temperature. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 142, 31-36 (1966)

63 - GUIPAUD, O., LABEDAN and FORTERRE, P. A gyrB-like gene from the hyprthermophilic bacterion Thermotoga maritima. Gene, 174, 121-128 (1996)

199764 - BORGES, K. M.; BERGERAT, A.; ALLISON, A. M.; BOGERT, A.; DIRUGGIERO, J.; FORTERRE, P. and

ROBB, F.T. Characterization of the Reverse Gyrase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. J. Bacteriol. 179, 1721-1726 (1997)

65 - KORT, R., LIEBL, W., LABEDAN, B., FORTERRE, P., EIGEN, R.I.L. and DE VOS, W. Glutamate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: molecular characterization and phylogenetic implications. Extremophiles, 1, 52-60, (1997)

66 - López-García, P and Forterre, P DNA topology in hyperthermophilic archaea: reference states and their variation with growth phase, growth temperature, and temperature stresses. Molecular Microbiol. 23, 1267-1279, (1997)

67 - BERGERAT, A. DE MASSY, B., GADELLE, D., VAROUTAS, P.C., NICOLAS, A. and FORTERRE, P. An atypical type II DNA topoisomerase from Archaea with implication for meiotic recombination. Nature, 386, 414-417 (1997)

68 - ELIE, C., BAUCHER, M.F., FONDRAT, C. and FORTERRE. P. A protein relatede to eucaryal and bacterial DNA-motor proteins in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. J. Mol. EvoL. 45, 107-114 (1997)

69 - GUIPAUD, O., MARGUET, E., NOLL, K., BOUTHIER DE LA TOUR, C. and FORTERRE, P. Both DNA gyrase and reverse gyrase are present in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94, 10606-10611 (1997)

70 - BENBOUZID-ROLLET, N., LOPEZ-GARCIA, P., WATRIN, L., ERAUSO, G., PRIEUR, D. and FORTERRE, P. Isolation of new plasmids from hyperthermophilic archaea of the order Thermococcales. Res. Microbiol. 148, 767-777 (1997)

71 - FORTERRE, P. What can we learn from archaeal sequences ? Current Opin. Genet. Dev. 7, 764-770 (1997)

199872 - MARSIN, S. and FORTERRE, P. A rolling circle replication initiator protein with a nucleotide-transferase

activity encoded by the pasmid pGT5 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Mol. Microbiol, 27, 1183-1192 (1998)

73 - MARGUET, E. and FORTERRE, P. Protection of DNA by salts against thermodegradation at temperatures typical for hyperthermophiles. Extremophiles, 2, 115-122 (1998)

74 - LOPEZ-GARCIA, P., KNAPP, S., LADENSTEIN, R. and FORTERRE, P In vitro DNA binding of the archaeal protein Sso7d induces negative supercoiling at temperature typical for thermophilic growth. Nucl. Acids Res. 26, 2322-2328 (1998)

75 - BRITTON, K.L., STILLMAN, T.J., YIP, K.S.P., FORTERRE, P., ENGEL, P.C. and RICE D.W. Insights into the molecular basis of salt tolerance from the study of glutamate dehydrogenase from Halobacterium salinarium. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 9023-9030 (1998).

76 - BULHER, C., GADELLE, D., FORTERRE, P., WANG, J.C. and BERGERAT, A. Reconstitution of DNA topoisomerase VI of the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae from subunits separately overexpressed in Escherchichia coli. Nucl. acids Res. 26, 5157-5162 (1998)

77 - GERARD, E., LABEDAN, B. and FORTERRE, P. Isolation of a minD-like gene in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus AL585, and phylogenetic characterization of related proteins in the three domains of life. Gene, 222, 99-106 (1998)

199978 - FORTERRE, P., CONFALONIERI, F. and KNAPP, S. Identification of the gene encoding archaeal-specific

DNA binding proteins of the Sac10b family. Mol. Microbiol.32, 669-670 (1999)79 - FORTERRE, P. Did life begin in hot water ? Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 55, 687-690 (1999)80 - LOPEZ, P., PHILIPPE, H, MYLLYKALLIO, H. and FORTERRE, P. Identification of putative chromosomal

origins of replication in archaea. Mol. Microbiol. 32, 883-886 (1999)81 - FORTERRE, P. Displacement of cellular proteins by functional analogues from plasmids or viruses could

explain puzzling phylogenies of many DNA informational proteins. Mol. Microbiol.33, 457-465 (1999)

82 - MARSIN, S. and FORTERRE, P. The active site of the rolling circle replication protein Rep75 is involved in both site-specific nuclease, ligase and nucleotidyl-transferase activities. Mol. Microbiol. 33, 537-545 (1999)

83 - HETHKE C., BERGERTA, A., HAUSNER, W. FORTERRE, P. and THOMM, M. Cell-free transcription at 95°C. Thermostability of transcriptional components and DNA topology requirements of Pyrococus transcription. Genetics, 1325-1333 (1999)

84 - LOPEZ-GARCIA, P and FORTERRE, P. Control of DNA topology during thermal stress in hyperthermophilic archaea: DNA topoisomerase levels, activities and induced thermotolerance during heat and cold shock in Sulfolobus. Mol Microbiol. 33:766-777 (1999)

85 - FORTERRE, P. and PHILIPPE, H Where is the root of the universal tree of life ? Bioessays, 21, 871-879 (1999)

86 - PHILIPPE, H. and FORTERRE, P. The rooting of the universal tree of life is not reliable. J. Mol. Evol. 49, 509-23 (1999)

87 - LOPEZ, P., FORTERRE, P. and PHILIPPE, H. The root of the tree of life in the light of the covarion model. J. Mol. Evol. 49, 496-508 (1999)

200088 - LOPEZ, P., FORTERRE, P., LE GUYADER, H. and PHILIPPE, H. Origin of replication of Thermotoga

maritima. Trends in Genet, 16, 59-60 (2000)89 - MUSGRAVE, D., FORTERRE, P. and SLEZAREV, A. Negative constrained DNA supercoiling in archaeal

nucleosomes. Mol Microbiol. 35:341-349 (2000).90 - LOPEZ-GARCIA, P and FORTERRE, P. DNA topology and thermal stress response, a tale from mesophiles

and hyperthermophiles. Bioessays, 22, 738-746 (2000)91 - FORTERRE, P., BOUTHIER DE LA TOUR, C., PHILIPPE, H. and DUGUET, M. Reverse gyrase from

hyperthermophiles, probable transfer of a thermoadaptation trait from Archaea to Bacteria. Trends in Genetics, 16, 152-154 (2000)

92 - MARSIN S., MARGUET, E. and FORTERRE, P. Topoisomerase activity of the hyperthermophilic protein replication initiator protein Rep75. Nucleic Acids Res. 28, 2251-2255 (2000)

93 - MYLLYKALLIO, H., LOPEZ , P., LOPEZ-GARCIA, P., HEILIG, R., SAURIN, W., ZIVANOVIC, Y., PHILIPPE, H., FORTERRE, P. Bacterial Mode of Replication with an Eukaryotic-Like Machinery in a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon. Science, 288, 2212-2215 (2000)

94 - LOPEZ-GARCIA, P., FORTERRE, P., VAN DER OOST, J. and ERAUSO, G. Plasmid pGS5 fropm the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus profondus is negatively supercoiled. J. Bacteriol, 182, 4998-5000 (2000)

95 - MYLLYKALLIO, H. and FORTERRE, P. Mapping of a chromosome replication origin in an archaeon – Response. Trends Microbiol, 8, 537-539 (2000).

96 - MATTE-TAILLEZ, O, FORTERRE, P. and ZIVANOVIC, Y Mining archaeal proteomes for eukaryotic proteins with novel functions : the PACE case. Trends Genetics 16, 533-536 (2000)

2001

97 - ZIVANOVIC, Y. MYLLYKALLIO, H. FORTERRE, P. Bacterial Genomic Reorganization upon DNA Replication. Science 292, 803-805 (2001).

98 - Gérard, E., Jolivet, E., Prieur, D. and Forterre, P. DNA protection is not involved in the radioresistance of the hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus abyssi and Pyrococcus furiosus. Mol. Gen. Genet. 266, 72-78 (2001)

99 - Matsunaga, F., Forterre, P., Ishino, Y., and Myllykallio, H. In vitro interactions of archaeal Cdc6/Orc1 and minichromosome maintenance proteins with the replication origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 11152-11157 (2001)

100 - Bulher, C, Lebbinck, J., Bocs, C., Ladenstein, R., and Forterre, P. DNA topoisomerase VI generates ATP-dependent double-stranded breaks with two nucleotide overhangs. J. Biol. Chem., 276, 37215-37222 (2001)

2002101 - FORTERRE, P. A hot story from comparative genomics: reverse gyrase is the only hyperthermophile-

specific protein. Trends in Genetics, 18, 236-238 (2002)102 - MATTE-TAILLEZ, O., BROCHIER, C., Forterre, P., and PHILLIPPE H. Archaeal phylogeny based on

ribosomal proteins. Mol. Biol. Evol. 19, 631-639 (2002)103 - FILEE, J., FORTERRE, P., SEN-LI, T. and LAURENT, J. Evolution of DNA polymerase families : evidences

for multiple gene exchange between cellular and viral proteins. J. Mol. Evol. 54, 763-773 (2002)104 - Zivanovic, Y., Lopez, P., Philippe, H., and ForterrE, P. Genome comparision evidences chromosome

shuffling-driven evolution in Pyrococcus. Nucleic Acids Research, 30, 1902-1910 (2002)105 - Myllykallio, H., Lipowski, G., LeduC, D., Filee, J., Forterre, P. and Liebl, U. Identification of an alternative

flavin dependent mechanism for thymidylate synthesis. Science, 297, 105-107. (2002)106 - CONSTANTINESCU, F., FORTERRE, P. and ELIE, C. NurA, a novel 5’ to 3’ nuclease gene linked to rad50

and mre11 homologs of thermophilic Archaea. EMBO reports, 537-542 (2002)107 - NapolI, A., Zivanovic, Y. Bocs, C., Buhler, C., Rossi, M. Forterre, P. and Ciaramella, M.

DNA bending, compaction and negative supercoiling by the architectural protein Sso7d of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Nucleic Acids Res., 30, 2656-2662, (2002)

108 - Lucas, S. Toffin, L., Zivanovic, Y. Charlier, D., Moussard, H. Forterre, P., Prieur, D.and Erauso, G. Construction of a Shuttle Vector and Spheroplasts Transformation of the Hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 68, 5558-5536 (2002).

2003109 - COHEN, G. BARDE, V., FLAMENT, D., GALPERIN, M., HEILIG, R., LECOMPTE, O., Poch, O., PRIEUR,

D., QUERELLOU, J., RIPP, R., THIERRY, J.C., VAN DER OOST, J., WEISSENBACH, J., ZIVANOVIC, Y. and FORTERRE, P. An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Mol. Microbiol. 47:1495-1512 (2003).

110 - GADELLE, D., FILEE, J., BULHER, C. and FORTERRE, P. Phylogenomics of Type II DNA topoisomerases. Bioassays. 25:232-242 (2003)

111 - MATSUNAGA, F., NORAIS, C., FORTERRE, P. and MYLLYKALLIO, H. Identification of short ‘eukaryotic’ Okazaki fragments synthesized from a prokaryotic replication origin. EMBO reports, 4:154-158. (2003)

112 - FILE, J., FORTERRE, P. and LAURENT, J. The role played by viruses on the Evolution of their cellular host : a view on informational proteins phylogenies. Res. In Microbiol. 154, 237-243, (2003)

113 - ARMENGAUD J, FERNANDEZ B, CHAUMONT V, ROLLIN-GENETET F, FINET S, MARCHETTI C, MYLLYKALLIO H, VIDAUD C, PELLEQUER JL, GRIBALDO S, FORTERRE P, and GANS P. Identification, purification, and characterization of an eukaryotic-like phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (coenzyme A biosynthetic pathway) in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. J Biol Chem. 278, 31078-31087, (2003).

114 - JOLIVET, E. MATSUNAGA, F., ISHINO, Y. FORTERRE, P. PRIEUR, D. and MYLLYKALLIO, H. Mechanism Resistance to -irradiation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi: evidence for an efficient repair of the double-strand breaks. J. Bacteriol. 185, 3958-3961, (2003).

115 - JOLIVET, E., L’HARIDON, S. CORRE, E., FORTERRE, P. and PRIEUR, D. Thermococcus gammatolerans sp. Nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resists to ionizing radiation. Inter. J. Syst. Microbiol. 53, 847-851, (2003)

2004116 - JOLIVET, E., CORRE, E., L’HARIDON, S., FORTERRE, P. and PRIEUR, Thermococcus marinus sp. nov.

and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov. two hyperthermophilic Archaea from deap-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation. Extremophiles, 8, 219-27, (2004)

117 - LEPAGE, E., MARGUET, E., GESLIN, C. MATTE-TAILLEZ, O. ZILLIG, W., FORTERRE, P. and MATTE-TAILLEZ, P. Molecular diversity of new Thermococcales isolates from a single area of hydrothermal Deap-sea vents as reaveled by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol, 70, 1277-1286 (2004)

118 - BROCHIER, C. FORTERRE P. and GRIBALDO S. Archaeal phylogeny based on proteins of the transcription and translation machineries: tackling the Methanopyrus kandleri paradox. Genome Biology, 5, R17 (2004)

119 - CONSTANTINESCO F., FORTERRE P., KOONIN E., ARAVIND L., and ELIE C. A bipolar DNA helicase gene, herA, clusters with rad50, mre11 and nurA genes in thermophilic Archaea. Nucleic Acids Res. 32,1439-1447 (2004)

2005120 - BROCHIER, C., GRIBALDO, S., ZIVANOVIC, Y. CONFALONIERI, F. and FORTERRE, P. Nanoarchaea :

representative of a novel archaeal phylum or a fast evolving euryarchaeal lineage related to Thermococcales ? Genome Biology, 6:R42. (2005)

121 - FORTERRE, P. The two ages of the RNA world, and the transition to the DNA world : a story of viruses and cells. Biochimie. 87, 793-803 (2005)

122 - GADELLE, D., BOCS, C. GRAILLE, M. and FORTERRE, P. Inhibition of DNA topoisomerase VI activities by the Hsp90 inhibitor radicicol. Nucl. Acids Res. 33, 2310-2317 (2005)

123 - BROCHIER, C., FORTERRE P., GRIBALDO, S. An emerging phylogenetic core of Archaea: phylogenies of transcription and translation machineries converge following addition of new genome sequences. BMC Evol Biol. 5:36 (2005)

124 - FILÉE, J., Forterre, P. Viral proteins functioning in organelles: a cryptic origin? 2005. Trends in Microbiol., 13, 510-513 (2005)

2006125 - FORTERRE, P. Three RNA cells for ribosomal lineages and three DNA viruses to replicate their genomes:

a hypothesis for the origin of cellular domain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103, 3669-3374 (2006)126 - FORTERRE, P.The origin of viruses and their possible roles in major evolutionary transitions. Virus Res.

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thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers.Archaea, 2, 83-93 (2006)

2007131 - FORTERRE, P., GRIBALDO, S. GADELLE D. and SERRE, MC Origin and evolution of DNA

topoisomerases. Biochimie, 9, 427-46 (2007)132 - KELLER J, LEULLIOT N, CAMBILLAU C, CAMPANACCI V, PORCIERO S, PRANGISHVILLI D,

FORTERRE P, CORTEZ D, QUEVILLON-CHERUEL S, and VAN TILBEURGH H. Crystal structure of AFV3-109, a highly conserved protein from crenarchaeal viruses. Virol J. 4, 12-(2007)

133 - GRAS S, CHAUMONT V., FERNANDEZ B, CARPENTIER P., CHARRIER-SAVOURNIN F., SCHMITT S., PINEAU C., FLAMENT, D. HECKER A., FORTERRE, P. ARMENGAUD J. and HOUSSET D. Structural insights into a new homodimeric self-activated GTPase familly. EMBO report, 8, 569-575 (2007)

134 - MATSUNAGA, F., GLATIGNY, A., MUCCHIELLI-GIORGI, MH, AGIER, N., DELACROIX, H., MARISA, L., DUROSAY P., ISHINO, Y., AGGERBECK, L., and FORTERRE, P. Genomewide and Biochemical analyses of DNA-binding activity of Cdc6/Orc1 and Mcm proteins in Pyrococcus sp. Nucleic Acid Res. 35, 3214-3222 (2007)

135 - HECKER A., LEULLIOT, N. GADELLE D., GRAILLE, M., JUSTOME A., DORLET, P., BROCHIER, C., QUEVILLO-CHERUEL, S., LECAM E., TILBEURGH HV, and FORTERRE, P. An archaeal orthologue of the universal protein Kae1 is an iron metalloprotein which exhibits atypical DNA binding properties and apurinic endonuclease activity in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 6042-6051 (2007)

136 - SOLER, N., JUSTOME, A., QUEVILLON-CHERUEL, S. LORIEUX, F., LE CAM, E., MARGUET, E., and FORTERRE, P. The rolling-circle plasmid pTN1 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon. Thermococcus nautilus. Mol. Microbiol. 66, 357-370 (2007).

2008137 - BROCHIER-ARMANET, C, BOUSSAU, B. GRIBALDO, S. and FORTERRE, P. Mesophilic crenarchaea:

proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota Nature Reviews Microbiology, 6:245-52. (2008)138 - QUAISER, A., CONSTANTINESCO, F. WHITE, M. FORTERRE, P. and ELIE, C. The Mre11 protein

interacts with both Rad50 and the HerA bipolar helicase and is recruited to DNA following gamma irradiation in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. BMC Molecular Biology 9:25 (2008)

139 - Graille, M., Cladière, L., Durand, D., Lecointre, F., Gadelle, D., Quevillon-Cheruel, S., Vachette, P., Forterre, P., and Van Tilbeurgh, H. Crystal structure of an intact type II DNA topoisomerase: insights into DNA transfer mechanisms. Structure, 16:360-370 (2008)

140 - RAOULT, D and FORTERRE, P. Redefining viruses : lessons from Mimivirus. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 6:315-319 (2008)

141 - BIZE A, PENG X, PROKOFEVA M, MACLELLAN K, LUCAS S, FORTERRE P, GARRETT RA, BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA EA, and PRANGISHVILI, D. Viruses in acidic geothermal environments of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Res Microbiol. 159: 358-366. (2008)

142 - SOLER, N. MARGUET, E. VERBAVATZ, J.M. and FORTERRE, P. (2008) Virus-like vesicles and extracellular DNA produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the order Thermococcales. Res Microbiol., 159:390-399 (2008).

143 - BERTHON, J. CORTEZ, D. and FORTERRE P. Genomic context analysis in Archaea predicts previously unrecognized links between DNA replication and translation. Genome Biology, 9(4):R71 (2008)

144 - Raoult D. and Forterre P. What makes a virus a virus: reply from Raoult and Forterre.Nat Rev Microbiol. 8:643 (2008).

145 - HECKER, A., LOPREIATO R., GRAILLE M., COLLINET, B., Forterre, P., LIBRI, D. and Van Tilbeurgh, H. Structure of the archaeal Kae1/Bud32 fusion protein MJ1130 : a model for the eukaryotic EKC/KEOPS subcomplex. EMBO J, 1-12 (2008)

146 - LA SCOLA, B., DESNUE, C., PAGNIER, P., ROBERT, C., BARRASSI, B., FOURNOUS, G., SUZAN-MONTI, M., FORTERRE P., KOONIN, E. and Raoult D. The virophage, a unique parasite of the giant Mimivirus. Nature, 455:100-104 (2008)

2009147 - BASTA T, SMYTH J, FORTERRE P, PRANGISHVILI D, and PENG X Novel archaeal plasmid pAH1 and its

interactions with the lipothrixvirus AFV1. Mol Microbiol. 71:23-34 (2009)148 - BROCHIER-ARMANET, C, GRIBALDO, S. and FORTERRE, P. A DNA Topoisomerase IB in

Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya. Biology Direct, 3:54 (2008)

149 - HECKER A, GRAILLE M, MADEC E, GADELLE D, LE CAM E, VAN TILBERGH H, and FORTERRE P The universal Kae1 protein and the associated Bud32 kinase (PRPK), a mysterious protein couple probably essential for genome maintenance in Archaea and Eukarya. Biochem Soc Trans. 37:29-35 (2009)

150 - FORTERRE, P. and GADELLE, D. Phylogenomics of DNA topoisomerases: their origin and putative roles in the emergence of modern organisms Nucleic Acids Res. 37:679-692 (2009)

151 - KELLER J., LEULLIOT N., SOLER, N., FORTERRE P, and VAN TILBEURGH, H. A protein encoded by a new family of mobile elements from Euryarchaea exhibits three domains with novel folds. Protein Sci. 18, 850-852 (2009)

152 - BIZE, A., KARLSSON, E.A., EKEFJÄRD, K., PREVOST, M.C., FORTERRE, P., TENAILLON, O., BERNANDER R., and PRANGISHVILI, D. A Unique Virus Release Mechanism in Archaea. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 106, 11306-11311 (2009)

153 - BERTHON, J., FUJIKANE, R., and FORTERRE, P. When DNA replication and protein synthesis come together Trends In Biochem. Sci. 34, 429-434 (2009)

154 - CORTEZ, D., FORTERRE, P. and GRIBALDO, S. A hidden viral reservoir is the major source of foreign genes and ORFans in archaeal and bacterial genomes. Genome Biology, 10:R65 (2009)

155 - REDDER, P., PENG, X., BRUGGER, K., SHAH, S.A., ROESH, F., GREVE, B. SHE, Q., SCHLEPER, C., FORTERRE, P., GARRETT, R., PRANGISHVILI, D. Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible inter-viral recombination mechanism. Environmental Microbiol., (2009) 11, 2849-2862

156 - OBERTO, J., BREUIL, N., HECKER, A., FARINA, F., BROCHIER-ARMANET, C., CULETTO, E. and FORTERRE, P. Qri7/OSGEPL, the mitochondrial version of the universal Kae1/YgjD protein, is essential for mitochondrial genome maintenance. Nucleic Acids Res, 37, 5343-5352 (2009)

157 - FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI, D. The origin of viruses. Resarch in Microbiology, (2009)160, 466-47158 - FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI, D. The great billion-year war between ribosome- and capsid-encoding

organisms (cells and viruses) as the major source of evolutionary novelties.Ann N Y Acad Sci., (2009)1178, 65-77.

159 - ZIVANOVIC Y, ARMENGAUD J, LAGORCE A, LEPLAT C, GUERIN P., DUTERTRE M, ANTHOUARD V, FORTERRE P, WINCKER P, ., and CONFALONIERI F. Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea. Genome Biol. (2009) 10:R70.

160 - GOULET, A., BLANGY, S., REDDER, P., PRANGUISHVILI, D., FELISBERTO-RODRIGUEZ, C, FORTERRE, P. CAMPANACCI, V., and CAMBILLAUD, C. Acidianus Filamentous Virus 1 coat proteins: a helical fold spanning the filamentous archaeal viruses lineage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA (2009) 106, 21155-21160

2010161 - KRUPOVIC M, FORTERRE P, BAMFORD DH. Comparative analysis of the mosaic genomes of tailed

archaeal viruses and proviruses suggests common themes for virion architecture and assembly with tailed viruses of bacteria. J Mol Biol. 2010 Mar 19;397(1):144-60.

162 - FORTERRE, P.Defining life: the virus viewpoint. Orig. Life Evol Biosph., (2010) 40:151-160163 - FORTERRE, P.Giant viruses : conflicts in revisiting the virus concept. Intervirology, (2010), 53:362-378164 - SOLER, N., MARGUET, E., CORTEZ, D. DESNOUE, N., KELLER, J. VAN TILBEURGH, H. SEZONOV, G

and FORTERRE, P. Two novel families of plasmids from hyperthermophilic archaea encoding new families of replication proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. (2010) 38:5088-5104

165 - MOCHIZUKI, T., YOSHIDA, T., TANAKA, R., FORTERRE, P., SAKO, Y., PRANGISHVILI, D. Diversity of viruses of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Aeropyrum, and isolation of the Aeropyrum pernix

bacilliform virus 1, APBV1, the first representative of the family Clavaviridae.Virology (2010) 402:347-354

166 - QUAX, T, KRUPOVIC, M., LUCAS, S., FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI D. The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea. Virology (2010) 404:1-4.

167 - KRUPOVIC, M., GRIBALDO, S., BAMFORD, D., FORTERRE, P.  The evolutionary history of archaeal MCM helicases: a case study of vertical evolution combined with hitch-hiking of mobile genetic elements. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2010) doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq161

168 - FORTERRE, P. and GRIBALDO, S. Bacteria with eukaryotic touch : a glimpse of ancient évolution ? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA (2010) 107, 12739-12740

169 - CORTEZ, D. QUEVILLON-CHERUEL, S., GRIBALDO, S. DESNOUE, N. SEZONOV, G., FORTERRE, P. and SERRE, MC. Evidence for a Xer/dif system for chromosome résolution in Archaea. Plos Genetics, (2010) 6(10):e1001166

170 - GRIBALDO, S. POOLE, A.M., DAUBIN, V., FORTERRE, P. and BROCHIERARMANET, C. The origin of eukaryotes and their relationships with Archaea : are we at a phylogenetic impasse ?Nature Rev Microbiol. (2010) 8: 743-752

171 - FUJIKANE, R., IHINO, S, ISHINO, Y. and FORTERRE, P. Genetic analysis of DNA repair in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Genes Genet.Syst. 85, (2010) 85, 243-257

172 - FORTERRE, P. A new fusion hypothesis for the origin of Eukarya: Better than previous ones, but probably also wrong. Res. Microbiol. (2010) 162, 77-91

173 - DESMOND E, BROCHIER-ARMANET C, FORTERRE P, AND GRIBALDO S. On the last common ancestor and early evolution of eukaryotes: Reconstructing the history of mitochondrial ribosomes. Res Microbiol. (2010) 162, 53-70

2011

174 - FORTERRE, P., Manipulation of cellular syntheses and the nature of viruses : the virocell concept C.R. Chimie, 14, 392-399 (2011)

175 - SIME-NGANDO T, LUCAS S, ROBIN A, TUCKER KP, COLOMBET J, BETTAREL Y, DESMOND E, GRIBALDO S, FORTERRE P, BREITBART M, and PRANGISHVILI D Diversity of virus-host systems in hypersaline Lake Retba, Senegal. Environ Microbiol. (2011) 13(8), 1956-1972.

176 - KRUPOVIC M, SPANG A, GRIBALDO S, FORTERRE P, and SCHLEPER C. A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea. Biochem Soc Trans. (2011) 39, 82-88

177 - SOLER N, GAUDIN M, MARGUET E, and FORTERRE P. Plasmids, viruses and virus-like membrane vesicles from Thermococcales. Biochem Soc Trans. (2011) 39, 36-44

178 - Quax TE, Lucas S, Reimann J, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Prevost MC, Forterre P, Albers SV, Prangishvili D. Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2011) 108, 3354-3359

179 - ORANGE, F., CHABLIN, A., GORLAS, A., LUCAS-STAAT, S., GESLIN, C., LE ROMANCER, M., PRANGISHVILI, D., FORTERRE, P., and WESTALL, F. Experimental fossilisation of viruses from extremophilic archaea.Biogeosciences, (2011) 8, 1465-1475

180 - PINA, M. BIZE, A., FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI, D. The Archeoviruses. FEMS Microbiology Reviews (2011) 35:1035-1054

181 - BROCHIER-ARMANET C., FORTERRE, P., and GRIBALDO S. Phylogeny and évolution of the Archaea: one hundred génomes after. Current in Microbiol. (2011) 14:274-281

182 - KRUPOVIC, M., and FORTERRE, P.  Microviridae goes temperate: microvirus-related proviruses reside in the genomes of bacteroidetes. Plos One, (2011) 6(5):e19893

183 - MORISCOT C, GRIBALDO S, JAULT JM, KRUPOVIC M, ARNAUD J, JAMIN M, SCHOEHN G, FORTERRE P, WEISSENHORN W, and RENESTO P. Crenarchaeal CdvA forms double-helical filaments containing DNA and interacts with ESCRT-III-like CdvB. PLoS One. (2011) 6(7):e21921

2012184 - BROCHIER-ARMANET C, GRIBALDO S, and FORTERRE P Spotlight on the Thaumarchaeota. ISME J.

(2012) 6, 227-230.185 - YU XM, RAMIANDRASOA F, GUETZOYAN L, PRADINES B, QUINTINO E, GADELLE D, FORTERRE P,

CRESTEIL T, MAHY JP, and PETHE S. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Acridine Derivatives as Antimalarial Agents. Chem. Med. Chem. (2012) 7, 587-605

186 - MOCHIZUKI, T., KRUPOVIC, M., PEHAU-ARNODET, G., SAKO, Y., FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI, D. An archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2012) 109, 13386-133391

187 - FORTERRE, P. Darwin’s goldmine is still open : variation and sélection run the world. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. (2012) 2, 106

188 - KRUPOVIC, M., WHITE, M.F., FORTERRE, P., and PRANGISHVILI, D. Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res. (2012) 82, 33-62.

2013

189 - GAUDIN, M., GAULIARD, E., LE NORMAND, P. MARGUET, E. and FORTERRE, P. Hyperthermophilic archaea produce vesicles that can transfer DNA. Env. Microbiol Report, 5, 109-116 (2013)

190 - PEIXEIRO N, KELLER J, COLLINET B, LEULLIOT N, CAMPANACCI V, CORTEZ D, CAMBILLAU C, NITTA KR, VINCENTELLI R, FORTERRE P, PRANGISHVILI D, SEZONOV G, and VAN TILBEURGH H.Structure and function of AvtR, a novel transcriptional regulator from a hyperthermophilic archaeal lipothrixvirus. J Virol. 87, 124-136 (2013)

191 - KRUPOVIC, M., GONNET, M., BEN HANIA, W, FORTERRE, P., and ERAUSO, G. Insights into the dynamic of mobile genetic elements in hyperthermophilic environments from five new Thermococcus plasmids. Plos One, 8(1):e49044, doi: 10.1371 (2013)

192 - FORTERRE P. The virocell concept and environmental microbiology. The ISME Journal 7, 233-236 (2013)193 - FORTERRE, P., SOLER, N., KRUPOVIC, M., MARGUET, E., and ACKERMANN, HW Fake virus particles

generated by fluorescence microscopy. Trends in Microbiol, 21, 1-5 (2013).194 - PERROCHIA, L., CROZAT E., HECKER, A., ZHANG, W., BAREILLE, J., COLLINET, B., VAN TILBEURGH,

H, FORTERRE, P., and BASTA T. In vitro biosynthesis of a universal t6A tRNA modification in Archaea and Eukarya. Nucleic Acid Resarch, 41, 1953-1964 (2013)

195 - MARGUET E, GAUDIN M, GAULIARD E, FOURQUAUX I, LE BLOND DU PLOUY S, MATSUI I, and FORTERRE P. Membrane vesicles, nanopods and/or nanotubes produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the genus Thermococcus. Biochem Soc Trans. 41, 436-442 (2013)

196 - GORLAS, A., KRUPOVIC, M., FORTERRE, P., and GESLIN, C. Living side-by-side with a virus: characterization of two novel plasmids from Thermococcus prieurii, a host for the spindle-shaped virus TPV1. Appl Environ Microbiol. 79:3822-3828 (2013)

197 - MATSUI, I., MATSUI, E., HIRAMOTO, K, FORTERRE, P., and YOKOYAMA H. Clustering of OB-fold domains of the partner protease complexed with trimeric stomatin from Thermococcales. Biochimie, 95, 1494-1501 (2013)

198 - JAUBERT C, DANIOUX C, OBERTO J, CORTEZ D, BIZE A, KRUPOVIC M, SHEQ, FORTERRE P, PRANGISHVILI D, and SEZONOV, G.. Genomics and genetics of Sulfolobus islandicus LAL14/1, a model hyperthermophilic archaeon. Open Biol. 3(4):130010. doi: 10.1098/rsob.130010. (2013)

199 - PEETERS, E., VAN OEFFELEN, L., NADAL, M. FORTERRE, M. and CHARLIER, D. A thermodynamic model of the cooperative interaction between the archaeal transcription factor Ss-LrpB and its tripartite operator DNA. Gene, 524, 330-340 (2013)

200 - QUAX TE, VOET M, SISMEIRO O, DILLIES MA, JAGLA B, COPPEE JY, SEZONOV G, FORTERRE P, VAN DER OOST J, LAVIGNE R, and PRANGISHVILI D. Massive activation of archaeal defense genes during viral infection. J Virol. 87, 8419-8428 (2013)

201 - BOUIGE A. DARMONT A, PITON J, ROUE, MELANIE M. PETRELLA, S. CAPTON, E. FORTERRE, P., AUBRY, A. and MAYER, C. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase possesses two functional GyrA-boxes. The Biochemical journal, 455(3):285-94 (2013).

201 - FORTERRE, P. and PRANGISHVILI, D. The major role of viruses in cellular evolution: facts and hypotheses. Curr Opin Virol, 3, 558-565 (2013)

202 - TOFFANO-NIOCHE C, OTT, E, CROZAT E, NGUYEN NA, ZYTNICKI M, LECLERC F, FORTERRE P, BOULOC P., and GAUTHERET D. (2013) RNA at 92°C: the non-coding transcriptome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. RNA Biol. 10, 1211-1220 (2013)

203 - PERROCHIA L., GUETTA D., HECKER, A. FORTERRE, P and BASTA T. Functional assignment of KEOPS/EKC complex subunits in the biosynthesis of the universal t6A tRNA modification. Nucleic Acid Research. 41, 9484-9499 (2013)

204 - ALBERS SV, FORTERRE P, PRANGISHVILI D, and SCHLEPER C. The legacy of Carl Woese and Wolfram Zillig: from phylogeny to landmark discoveries. Nat Rev Microbiol. 11, 713-719 (2013)

205 - GAUDIN M, KRUPOVIC M, MARGUET E, GAULIARD E, CVIRKAITE-KRUPOVIC V, LE CAM E, OBERTO J, and FORTERRE P. Extracellular membrane vesicles harbouring viral genomes. Environ Microbiol. 6, 1167-1175 (2013)

206 -FORTERRE, P. The common ancestor of Archaea and Eukarya was not an archaeon.Archaea, 2013:372396 (2013)

207 - FORTERRE, P. Why are there so many diverse replication machineries ? J. Mol. Biol. 425, 4714-4726 (2013)

208 - QUEMIN Q., LUCA, S., DAUM, B., QUAX T., KÜHLBRANDT W., FORTERRE, P., ALBERS, S.V., PRANGISHVILI, D. and KRUPOVIC, M. First insights into the entry process of hyperthermophilic archaeal virusesJ. Virol. 87, 13379-13385 (2013).

209 - ROUX S, ENAULT F, BRONNER G, VAULOT D, FORTERRE P, and KRUPOVIC M. Chimeric viruses blur the borders between the major groups of eukaryotic single-stranded DNA viruses. Nat Commun. 4:2700. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3700 (2013)

210 - ROUX S, KRUPOVIC M, DEBROAS D, FORTERRE P, and ENAULT F.Assessment of viral community functional potential from viral metagenomes may be hampered by contamination with cellular sequences. Open Biol. 3(12):130160. doi: 10.1098/rsob.130160 (2013)

211 - KRUPOVIC M, QUEMIN ER, BAMFORD DH, FORTERRE P, and PRANGISHVILI D. Unification of the globally-distributed spindle-shaped viruses of Archaea. J Virol. 88, 2354-2358 (2013)

2014

212 - RAYMANN, K. FORTERRE, P., BROCHIER-ARMANET, C. and GRIBALDO, S. Global phylogenomic analysis disentangles the complex evolutionary history of DNA replication in Archaea.Genome Biol Evol. 6, 192-212 (2014)

213 - GILL, S., KRUPOVIC, M., DESNOUE, N., BÉGUIN, P., SEZONNOV, G. and FORTERRE, P. A highly divergent Archaeo-Eukaryotic primase from the Thermococcus nautilus plasmid, pTN2. Nucleic Acids Res. 42, 3707-3719 (2014)

214 -GORLAS, A., CROCE, O. OBERTO, J., GAULIARD, E., FORTERRE, P. and MARGUET, E. Thermococcus nautili, sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal deep sea vent (East Pacific Ridge). IJSEM, 64, 1802-1810 (2014).

215 - OBERTO J, GAUDIN M, COSSU M, GORLAS A, SLESAREV A, MARGUET E, and FORTERRE P. Genome Sequence of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus nautili 30-1, That Produces Viral Vesicles. Genome Announc. 2(2). pii: e00243-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00243-14 (2014)

216 - DAUM B, QUAX TE, SACHSE M, MILLS DJ, REIMANN J, YILDIZ O, HÄDER S, SAVEANU C, FORTERRE P, ALBERS SV, KÜHLBRANDT and W, PRANGISHVILI D. Self-assembly of the general membrane-remodeling protein PVAP into sevenfold virus-associated pyramids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111, 3829-3834 (2014)

217 - NASIR, A., FORTERRE, P., KIM, K.M. and CAETANO-ANOLLÉS, G. The distribution impact of viral lineages in domains of life. Front Microbiol. Apr 30;5:194. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00194 (2014)

218 - PINA M, BASTA T, QUAX TE, JOUBERT A, BACONNAIS S, CORTEZ D, LAMBERT S, LE CAM E, BELL SD, FORTERRE P, and PRANGISHVILI D. Unique genome replication mechanism of the archaeal virus AFV1. Mol Microbiol. 92, 1313-1325 (2014).

219 - KRUPOVIC, M., MAKAROVA, K.S., FORTERRE, P., PRANGISHVILI, D. and KOONIN, E.V. Casposons: a new superfamily of self-synthesizing DNA transposons at the origin of prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immunity. BMC Biology, 12:36. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-36 (2014).

220 - BÉGUIN P, BARON B, GILL S, CHARPIN N, and FORTERRE P. The SF1 helicase encoded by the archaeal plasmid pTN2 of Thermococcus nautili. Extremophiles. 18, 779-787 (2014)

221 - GADELLE D, KRUPOVIC M, RAYMANN K, MAYER C, and FORTERRE P. DNA topoisomerase VIII: a novel subfamily of type IIB topoisomerases encoded by free or integrated plasmids in Archaea and Bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. 42, 8578-8591 (2014)

222 - THIAVILLE PC, EL YACOUBI B, PERROCHIA L, HECKER A, PRIGENT M, THIAVILLE JJ, FORTERRE P, NAMY O, BASTA T, and DE CRÉCY-LAGARD V. Cross kingdom functional conservation of the core universally conserved threonylcarbamoyladenosine tRNA synthesis enzymes. Eukaryot Cell. 13, 1222-1231 (2014)

223 - MAKAROVA KS, WOLF YI, FORTERRE P, PRANGISHVILI D, KRUPOVIC M, and KOONIN EV. Dark matter in archaeal genomes: a rich source of novel mobile elements, defense systems and secretory complexes. Extremophiles. 18, 877-893. (2014)

224 - FORTERRE P, KRUPOVIC M, PRANGISHVILI D. Cellular domains and viral lineages. Trends Microbiol. 22, 554-558 (2014)

2015

225 - SOLER N, KRUPOVIC M, MARGUET E, and FORTERRE P. Membrane vesicles in natural environments: a major challenge in viral ecology. ISME J. 9, 793-796 (2015)

226 - BEGUIN p., and FORTERRE P. Synergestic template-free synthesis of dsDNA by Thermococcus nautilii primase PolpTN2, Polymerase PolB, and pTN2 helicase. Extremophiles, 19, 69-76. (2015)

227 - FORTERRE, P., KRUPOVIC, M., RAYMANN, and SOLER, N. Plasmids from Euryarchaeota, Microbiology Spectrum, 2(6) 1-27. Doi :10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0027-2014.

228 – KRUPOVIC, M., and FORTERRE, P. Single-stranded DNA viruses employ a variety of mechanisms for integration into the host genomes, Ann New York Acad Sci. 1341:41-53 (2015)

229 - GORLAS A, MARGUET E, GILL S, GESLIN C, GUIGNER JM, GUYOT F, and FORTERRE P. Sulfur vesicles from Thermococcales: A possible role in sulfur detoxifying mechanisms. Biochimie. 118:356-364 (2015)

230 - COSSU M, DA CUNHA V, TOFFANO-NIOCHE C, FORTERRE P, OBERTO J.Comparative genomics reveals conserved positioning of essential genomic clusters in highly rearranged Thermococcales chromosomes. Biochimie. 118:313-321 (2015)

231 - LOSSOUARN J, DUPONT S, GORLAS A, MERCIER C, BIENVENU N, MARGUET E, and FORTERRE P, and GESLIN C. An abyssal mobilome: Viruses, plasmids and vesicles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Res Microbiol. 166, 742-52. (2015)

232 - QUEMIN ER, PIETILÄ MK, OKSANEN HM, FORTERRE P, RIJPSTRA WIC, SCHOUTEN S, BAMFORD DH, PRANGISHVILI D, and KRUPOVIC M Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1 contains glycosylated capsid proteins, a cellular chromatin protein and host-derived lipids. J Virol. 89:11681-11691 (2015)

233 - ROUX S, ENAULT F, RAVET V, BETTAREL Y, AUGUET J-C, BOUVIER T, LUCAS-STAAT S, VELLET A, PRANGISHVILI D, FORTERRE P, DEBROAS D, and SIME-DGANDO T Analysis of metagenomic data

reveals common features of halophilic viral communities across continents. Environ. Microbiol. Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13084. (2015)

234 - FORTERRE P. The universal tree of life: an update. Front Microbiol. Jul 21;6:717. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00717. eCollection 2015 (2015)

2016

235 – GILL, S and FORTERRE, P. Origin of life : LUCA and extracellular membrane vesicles. International J. astrobiology. 15, 7-15 (2016)

236 - KRUPOVIC, M., SHMAKOV S, MAKAROVA K.S., FORTERRE, P., AND KOONIN, E.V. Recent mobility of casposons, self-synthesizing transposons at the origin of the CRISPR-Cas immunity. Genome Biol Evol. 8:375-386 (2016)

237 - DAHMANE, N., GADELLE, D., DELMAS, S., CRISCUOLO, A., EBERHARD, S., DESNOUES , N., COLLIN, S., ZHANG, H., POMMIER, Y., FORTERRE, P., and SEZONOV G. TopIb, a phylogenetic hallmark gene of Thaumarchaeota encodes a functional eukaryote-like topoisomerase IB. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Feb 22. pii: gkw097. [Epub ahead of print] (2016)

238 - FORTERRE P, and GAÏA, M. Giant viruses and the origin of modern eukaryotes. Curr Opin Microbiol. 31:44-49 (2016)

239 - FORTERRE, P. To be or not to be alive: How recent discoveries challenge the traditional definitions of viruses and life (2016) Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2016 Mar 17. pii: S1369-8486(16)30008-5. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2016.02.013.

PUBLICATIONS IN BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS

1 - FORTERRE P. and KOHIYAMA M. The role of ATP in chromosome replication studied in toluenized Escherichia coli. In: Mechanism and regulation of DNA replication. A. Kolber and M. Kohiyama eds. Plenum Press, New York, 23-35 (1973).

2 - FORTERRE P., RICHET E. and KOHIYAMA M. The role of ATP in E. coli chromosome replication. In: DNA synthesis : Present and Future, I. Molineux and M. Kohiyama eds. Plenum Press, New York, 397-407 (1978).

3 - FORTERRE P., ASSAIRI L. and DUGUET M. Topology, Type II DNA topoisomérases and DNA replication. In: New Approaches in Eukaryotic DNA replication, A.M. De Recondo ed. Plenum Press, New York, 123-178 (1983)

4 - FORTERRE P. Les archaebactéries : origine et évolution des lignées cellulaires eucaryotes et procaryotes. L'année biologique. 25, 273-306 (1986).

5 - FORTERRE P. DNA polymerases and topoisomerases in archaebacteria: potential application. In Microbiology of extreme environments and its potential for microbiology, M.S. Da Costa; J.C. Duarte and R.A.D. Williams, eds., Elseivier Applied Science, London.49, 152-158 (1989)

6 - FORTERRE, P., GADELLE, D., CHARBONNIER, F. and SIOUD, M. DNA topology in halobacteria. In: General and Applied aspects of halophilic microorganism", R. Valera, Ed. Plenum press New York., 333-338 (1991)

7 - ELIE, C., HAMAL, A., BAUCHER, M.F. and FORTERRE, P. DNA polymerases from thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. In: Proceedings of the 5th European Congress on Biotechnologysous presse (1990)

8 - GADELLE, D. and FORTERRE, P."Potential of an archaebacterial system to screen DNA binding drugs and inhibitors of type II DNA topoisomerases. In : Proceedings of the 5th European Congress on Biotechnology sous presse (1990).

9 - BENACHENOU, N., FORTERRE, P. and LABEDAN B.Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenese genes / evidence for two families of paralogous proteins and branching patterns of the tree urkingdoms. In: Frontiers of Life, (Trân Thanh Vân J.K., Mounolou, J.C., Shneider, J and Mc Kay, C eds), Editions Frontières, Gif-sur-Yvette -France, 427-428 (1992).

10 - FORTERRE, P.New hypotheses about the origins of viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In: Frontiers of Life. (Trân Thanh Vân J.K., Mounolou, J.C., Shneider, J and Mc Kay, C eds), Editions Frontières, Gif-sur-Yvette -France, 221-234, (1992).

11 - FORTERRE, P. and ELIE, C. Chromosome structure, DNA polymerases and topoisomerases in Archaebacteria (Archaea). In: The Biochemistry of Archaea (Archaebacteria), New Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 26 (M. Kates, D.J. Kuschner and A. Matheson eds), 325-366 (1993)

12 - FORTERRE, P.The reverse gyrase of hyperthermophilic archaeobacteria: origin of life and thermophily. Microbiologia SEM, 11, (1995)

13 - CHARBONNIER, F., FORTERRE, P., ERAUSO, G. and PRIEUR, D. Purification of plasmids from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic archaebacteria. In: Archaea: A Laboratory Manual. Robb, F. T. (Editor in Chief), A. R. Place, S. DasSarma, H. J. Schreier and E. M. Fleischmann (eds). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY.Thermophiles pp 87-90 (1995)

14 - FORTERRE, P. Protein versus rRNA : rooting the universal tree of life ? ASM news, 63, 2, 89-95 (1997).15 - FORTERRE, P. Les génomes compactes. Cahiers du CEPH, Vème Symposium de Génétique Humaine. 17-

21 (1997)16 - FORTERRE, P. Le dernier ancêtre commun et ses prédecesseurs. Cahiers de la Fondation des Treilles 8,

79-94 (1997)17 - BRACK, A., FORTERRE, P., PILLINGER, C., HORNECK, G., SCHIDLOWSKI, M. and WÄNKE, H. Limits of

life under extreme conditions. ESA exobiology science team study on the search for life in the solar system 53 - 68, Fitton, B. ed. June 1997

18 - Forterre, P., Watrin, L., Zivanovic Y. and Prieur, D. Perspectives in the study of hyperthermophilic archaea from deep marine environment.Proceedings from the US-EC workshop on marine microorganisms, 59-65 (1998)

19 - FORTERRE, P.Were our ancestors actually hyperthermophiles ? viewpoint of a devil's advocateIn: Thermophiles and the origin of life. J. Wiegel, M. Adams and (Eds..), Taylor & Francis Publisher (London), 137-146 (1998)

20 - FORTERRE, P. and PHILIPPE, H. The last universal common ancestor (LUCA): simple or complex ? The Biological bulletin, Woods Hole, 196, 373-377 (1999)

21 - MARSIN, S. and FORTERRE, P.The pGT5 replication intiator protein Rep75 from Pyrococcus abyssi. Methods in Enzymology, 334:193-204 (2001)

22 - MARGUET, E. and FORTERRE, P.Stability and manipulation of DNA at extreme temperaturesMethods in Enzymology, 334:205-15 (2001)

23 - GUIPAUD, O. and FORTERRE, P., DNA gyrase from Thermotoga maritime, Methods in Enzymology, 334, 147-161 (2001)

24 - BOCS, C., BUHLER, C., BERGERAT, A. and FORTERRE, P. DNA topoisomerase VI from hyperthermophilic archaea. Methods in Enzymology, 334:172-9 (2001)

25 - LOPEZ-GARCIA, P and FORTERRE, P. Thermal stress in hyperthermophiles. In: Bacterial Stress Responses, G. Storz and R. Hengge-Aronis, Eds. ASM Press, Washington, 369-382 (2000)

26 - Forterre, P., Genomics and early cellular evolution. The origin of the DNA world. C.R. Acad. Sci./Life Sciences 324, 1-10 (2001)

27 - FORTERRE P., BROCHIER C., PHILIPPE H. Evolution of the Archaea Theoretical Population. Biology, 61, 409-420 (2002)

28 - FORTERRE, P. The origin of DNA genomes and DNA replication proteins. Curr Opin Microbiol. 5, 525- (2002)

29 - FORTERRE, P. The great virus comeback-- from an evolutionary perspective. Res Microbiol. 154, 223-225. (2003)

31 - FORTERRE P. Strategies of hyperthermophiles in adaptation of nucleic acids at high temperatures. In: “ Extemophiles ” Gerday C. and Glansdorff, N. eds in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), EOLSS Publishers,Oxford UK ,(http;//www.eolss.net ) in press (2003)

30 - FORTERRE, P., FILEE, J. and MYLLYKALLIO, H. Origin and evolution of DNA and DNA replication achineries. In The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life" L. Ribas, ed. Landes Bioscience, pp145-168 (2004)

32 - Prieur D, Erauso G, Geslin C, Lucas S, Gaillard M, Bidault A, Mattenet AC, Rouault K, Flament D, Forterre P, and Le Romancer M. Genetic elements of Thermococcales. Biochem Soc Trans. 32, 184-187 (2004)

33 - GRIBALDO S., FORTERRE P. Looking for the most 'primitive ' life forms : pitfalls and progresses. In: Lectures in Astrobiology. Gargaud M, Barbier B., Martin H., Reisse J. (eds) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Vol 1. pp 595-615 (2005)

34 - PRIEUR D, ERAUSO G, FLAMENT D ., GESLIN C, GONNET, M., Le Romancer, M. LUCAS, S., Forterre P, Deep-sea Thermococcales and their genetic elements : plasmids and viruses. In: Extremophiles, Rainey, F.A. and Oren, A. eds. Methods in Microbiology. 35, 253-278. Academic Press, Elsevier

35 - LOPEZ-GARCIA P., MOREIRA D., FORTERRE P., DOUZERY E. The origin of Eucaryotes, In Ancient fossil record and eraly evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga), Earth, Moon and Planets (2006).

36 - FORTERRE P., GRIBALDO, S anf BROCHIER-ARMANET C Natural history of the archaeal domain in Archaea, Garrett, R. and Klenk, H.P. eds.Blackwell Publishing. pp17- 29 (2007)

37 - FORTERRE P., ZIVANOVIC, Y and GRIBALDO, S Structure and evolution of genomes. In: Archaea: molecular and cellular biology Cavicchioli, ed. ASM press pp 411-433 (2007)

38 - FORTERRE P. Quand les évolutionistes découvrent l’importance des virus. Virologie (éditorial) 11, 1-8 (2007)

39 - FORTERRE P., GRIBALDO, S. The origin of modern terrestrial life. The HFSP Journal, 1, 156-168 (2007)40 - FORTERRE P. Origin of viruses. Encyclopedia of Virology, 5 vols. (B.W.J. Mahy and M.H.V. Van

Regenmortel, Editors) Oxford: Elsevier (2008)41 - FORTERRE P. In a world of microbes, where should microbiology stand? Res in Microbiol, 159:74-80. (2008)42 - GRIBALDO S., FORTERRE P., BROCHIER-ARMANET C. Les Archaea : évolution et diversité du troisième

domaine du vivant, Bull. Soc. Fr. Microbiol. 23, 137-145 (2008)43 - FORTERRE P. Evolution, Viral. In: The Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd Edition, edited by Moselio

Schaechter, Elsevier (2009)44 - FORTERRE P., GROSJEAN H. The interplay between RNA and DNA modifications: back to the RNA world

in DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes, Grosjean H. eds. Landes Bioscience. Austin Texas, USA, (2009), 259-274

45 - FORTERRE P. The universal tree of life and the last universal ancestor: revolutions and counterrevolution. In: Evolutionary genomics and systems biology. Caetano-Anollés, ed. Wiley-Blackwell (2010) pp43-62

46 - GRIBALDO S., FORTERRE P., BROCHIER-ARMANET C. Editorial: Archaea and the tree of life. Res. Microbiol. (2010) 162,1-4

47 - BIZE A., FORTERRE P., PRANGISHVILI D. Les archéovirus. Virologie, (2010) 14, 101-117.48 - FORTERRE P. The mirror of desire. Env Microbiol report, (2011) 3: 6-749 - PINA M., BIZE A., FORTERRE P., PRANGISHVILI D. The Archeoviruses. FEMS Microbiology Reviews

(2011) 35, 1035-1054.50 - Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S, FORTERRE P. Spotlight on the Thaumarchaeota. ISME J. 2011 Nov 10.

doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.14551 - FORTERRE P. Introduction and Historical perspective. In: DNA Topoisomerases and Cancer. Ed. Yves

Pommier. Humana press, Springer-Verlag, (2011) 1-5252 - FORTERRE P. (2012) The Virocell Concept. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.

http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0023264]53 - FORTERRE, P., KRUPOVIC, M. The origin of virions and virocells : the escape hypothesis revisited. In: G.

Witzany (ed.), Viruses: Essential Agents of Life, (2012) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4899-6_3, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

54 - FORTERRE P., KRUPOVIC, M. Les virus : leur nature et leur origine. Panorama de la virologie, Saib, A., ed. Belin, sous presse

55 - FORTERRE P. Les virus, à nouveau sur le devant de la scène. [The great virus comeback]. Biol Aujourdhui. 207, 153-168 (2013)

CRITIQUES D'OUVRAGES, NEWS and VIEWS

1 - FORTERRE, P.Compte rendu d'ouvrage "Archaea, a Laboratory manual, Archaea" La Recherche, Jan., p103 (1996).

2 - FORTERRE, P. New viruses for the new millenium. Trends Microbiol, 9, [2001]3 - FORTERRE, P. Back to Bergey’s Trends in Microbiol. 10, 302 (2002)4 - FORTERRE, P. DNA topoisomerase V: a new fold of mysterious origin. Trends in Biotechnology, 24, 245-

247 (2006)5 - FORTERRE P, Gribaldo S, Brochier-Armanet C. Happy together : genomic insights into the unique

Nanoarchaeum/Ignicoccus association. J Biol. 8:7 (2009)6 - FORTERRE P. The archaeal cell cycle : clues from comparative genomics. Cell cycle, (2010) 9 :861-869

PUBLICATIONS TO LARGE PUBLIC.

1 - FORTERRE P. Rencontre du troisième type : les Archaebactéries". Siences et Vie, hors série, spécial "Evolution" Décembre (1990).

2 - FORTERRE P. Le problème du progénote. Encyclopédie Universalis, La Science au présent,1, 241-242 (1992)

3 - FORTERRE P Les germes extrêmophiles. Encyclopédie Universalis, Universalia 94, 199-203(1994)4 - FORTERRE P. A la recherche de l'ancêtre commun de toutes les cellules. Pour la Science, 88-92, Numéro

Hors-Série: l'évolution, Janvier (1997)5 - FORTERRE P. La cellule ancestrale était-elle simple ou complexe ? Pour la Science, dossier hors-série,

avril 98, 22-24 (1998)6 - FORTERRE P. Les hyperthermophiles sont-ils nos ancêtres ? La Recherche, 317, 36-43, (1999)7 - FORTERRE P. L’Origine du génome La Recherche, 336, 34-39, (2000)8 - FORTERRE P. Phylogénie Moléculaire Universalia 2002, 288-289 (2002)9 - FORTERRE P. Origine et évolution des microbes hyperthermophiles Astronomie, 115, 298-301 (2001)10 - FORTERRE P. Phylogénie Moléculaire Universalia 2002, 288-289 (2002)11 - FORTERRE P.L’Origine du génome La Recherche, , (2004)12 - FORTERRE P.Préface de l’ouvrage de Michael Gross : La vie Excentrique, 7-14, Edition Belin (2003)13 - FORTERRE P. Les virus Notions, Encyclopédie Universalis 1230-1231 (2005)14 - FORTERRE P. Les virus ont-ils inventé l’ADN ? Pour la Science, hors-série, avril 07, (2007)15 - FORTERRE P. Les Archées, Encyclopédie Universalis (2007)16 - FORTERRE P. Microbes de l’enfer, éditions Belin (2007)17 - FORTERRE P. Les microbes de l’enfer, Abécédaire scientifique pour les curieux, La tête aux carré saison

2. Mathieu Vidard. Editions Sciences humaines, p155 (2009)18 - FORTERRE P. Les archées hyperthermophiles : des microbes qui nous ressemblent. Biofutur, 310, 30-34

(2010)19 - FORTERRE P., Wolfram Zillig, un explorateur des temps modernes. Biofutur, 310, 54,55 (2010)20 - FORTERRE P., d’Hendecourt, L., Malaterre, C., Maurel, M .C. De l’inerte au vivant. Une enquête

scientifique et philosophique. Editions La ville brûle. Huet, S. ed. (2013)

CONFERENCES TO LARGE PUBLIC

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle : conférence de l’association SAGA (société des géologues amateurs), novembre 1992 : les origines de la vie

Conférence d’intérêt général, Université d’Orsay, mars 1993, Les archéobactéries

Conférence d’intérêt général, Université d’Orsay, février 1994, Les origines de la vie

Espace Pierre Mendes France, Poitier, novembre 98 : La cellule ancestrale

Bourges, Décembre 98, Assemblée générale des Enseignants de Biochimie du secondaire : Les hyperthermohiles

Espace Marcel Carné, Saint Michel sur Orge, janvier 98, Semaine de la Science, La vie dans les milieux extrêmes

Etats généraux de la génétique organisés par l’Université Paris-Sud, Décembre 1999, le génome.

Université Paris-Sud, Fête de la Science, Octobre 2000, Origines de la vie et évolution

Musée du temps, Besancon, conférences sur le temps, Novembre 2000, Dans les profondeurs du temps à la recherche de nos plus lointains ancêtres.

Université inter-âge de Versailles, janvier 2001, les origines de la vie et les extrêmophiles.

MJC de Boussy Saint Antoine, Avril 2003, les origines de la vie et les extrêmophiles

Conférence des amis du muséum. Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Octobre 2003, Les Archéobactéries

Conférence pour le personnel du CEA de Fontenay-au-Rose, Octobre 2003, Les 50 ans de l’ADN

Mairie et Bibliothèque de Bourg-La-Reine, Février 2004, Les 50 ans de l’ADN

Rencontres de Méridon, chateau de méridon, Octobre 2004: Les extremophiles

Centre d’Alembert, Université Paris-Sud 2005 Nouveaux concepts sur la préhistoire du vivant à la fin du XXème siécle,

Lycée Franco-Finlandais, Helsinky, Février 2006, Les origines de la vie

Centre culturel Français, Helsinki, Février 2006, Les origines de la vie

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Mars 2006, Le dernier ancêtre commun cellulaire

Lycée Franco-finlandais, Helsinki, Mars 2006,

Centre culturel Franco-Finlandais, Mars 2006,

Fête de la science, Septembre 2006, Jardin du Luxembourg, Les virus

Réserve géologique de haute Provence, Digne, 14 Février 2007, LUCA, notre ancêtre

IUFM Clermont-Ferrand, Janvier 2007

Le Kiosque-Citoyen, Université de Rennes, Conférences-débats, « Les microbes de l’enfer » 15 Octobre 2007

Institut de Biochime et Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, Conférence : « Les microbes de l’enfer » 10 avril 2008.

Université de tous les savoirs, Conférence, « L’origine et l’évolution des génomes », Paris, 12 Juin 2008.

Conférence pour les 120 ans de l’Institut Pasteur, « microbes : amis-ennemis ». Institut Pasteur, Paris. 28 octobre 2008.

Conférence pour les 120 ans de l’Institut Pasteur « nouvelles conceptions sur les origines de la vie » Monceaux-les-mines, 6 novembre 2008.

Conférence à Gif-sur-Yvette « les microbes de l’enfer » , 10 Décembre 2008.

Conférence à Caen Association des Professeurs de Biologie et Géologie (APBG) « les microbes de l’enfer » 28 janvier 2009

Conférence débat avec Huber Reeves à l’ENS Cachan, Regards croisés sur les origines de la vie.  : « Les origines de l’univers et de la vie ». 4 Février 2009.

Conférence pour les 120 ans de l’Institut Pasteur : nouvelles conceptions sur les origines de la vie ». Saint-Etienne, 11 Février 2009.

Conférence pour les 120 ans de l’Institut Pasteur : nouvelles conceptions sur les origines de la vie ». Bibliothèque François Mitterand, Paris. 3 mars 2009.

Conférence pour la fête de la Science, Palais de la Découverte, 21 Novembre 2009. Les microbes de l’enfer : reliques des origines de la vie ou merveilles d’adaptation.

Cité des sciences de la Vilette, Conférence pour le cycle « la face cachée des virus » 14 avril 2010, Le rôle des virus dans l’évolution biologique

Conférence à la fête de Lutte Ouvrière, Presle, 22 mai 2010, Les virus, moteurs de l’évolution

1 Avril 2011, Ecole Normale Supérieur, journée sur l’originalité de la vie, Conférence : Les mondes de l’ADBN et de l’ARN à haute température.

5 Novembre 2010, Festival de la Scienza, Gènes, Italie ; Conférence : The Hidden Biodiversity

2 Décembre 2010, Collège des Bernardins, L’origine et l’évolution de la vie, animateur et conférencier.

26 avril 2011, Séminaire au Collège de France (cours de Marc Fontecave), Le deuxième age du monde à ARN et l’origine viral de l’ADN

1 avril 2011, Originalité de la vie, ENS Ulm, Conférence invitée : le monde de l’ADN et de l’ARN à haute température

10 mai 2011, Ecole doctorale Bologie-Santé, Nantes, Angers, Nantes, 10 Juin 2011Nantes, Le rôle des virus dans l’évolution du vivant.

12 Septembre 2011, 4émes Journées de microbiologie (Les microbes, menace ou espoir), Université de Genève.Archaea : les microbes de l’extrême.

28 octobre 2011 2ème Ecole de Biologie pour les Physiciens. Porquerolles. Conférence : Les Archées.

8 Décembre 2011, IHPST (Institut d’Histoire de la Philosophie, des sciences et des techniques), Sorbonne I Conférence : « Les virus sont-ils vivants ? »

18 Janvier 2012, CERN, Géneve (invité par l’association des personnels) Conférence « L’origine et la nature des virus, Leur rôle dans l’évolution »

25 janvier 2012, University College of London, Ambassade de FranceConférence : « The origin and évolution of viruses »

24 Janvier 2013, Rotary-Club, St Nom La Bretêche Conférence : virus : amis ou ennemis ?

14 Décembre 2013, Les Mystères du XXIéme siècle, Saint Tropez, Conférence débats Les origines de la vie.