Rapidly thawing permafrost harbors∼ 30 to 50% of global soil carbon, and the fate of this
carbon remains unknown. Microorganisms will play a central role in its fate, and their viruses …

Climate change threatens to release abundant carbon that is sequestered at high latitudes,
but the constraints on microbial metabolisms that mediate the release of methane and …

Viruses are key members of Earth's microbiomes, shaping microbial community composition
and metabolism. Here, we describe recent advances in'soil viromics', that is, virus-focused …

Soils impact global carbon cycling and their resident microbes are critical to their
biogeochemical processing and ecosystem outputs. Based on studies in marine systems …

As abundant members of microbial communities, viruses impact microbial mortality, carbon
and nutrient cycling, and food web dynamics. Although most of our information about viral …

The study of soil viruses, though not new, has languished relative to the study of marine
viruses. This is particularly due to challenges associated with separating virions from …

Viruses are abundant yet understudied members of soil environments that influence
terrestrial biogeochemical cycles. Here, we characterized the dsDNA viral diversity in …

Viruses impact nearly all organisms on Earth, with ripples of influence in agriculture, health,
and biogeochemical processes. However, very little is known about RNA viruses in an …

The soil microbiome is recognized as an essential component of healthy soils. Viruses are
also diverse and abundant in soils, but their roles in soil systems remain unclear. Here we …

Background Winter carbon loss in northern ecosystems is estimated to be greater than the
average growing season carbon uptake and is primarily driven by microbial decomposers …