Tundra Soil Viruses Mediate Responses of Microbial Communities to Climate Warming

• Published in: mBio
• Main Authors: Ji, Mengzhi, Fan, Xiangyu, Cornell, Carolyn R., Zhang, Ya, Yuan, Mengting Maggie, Tian, Zhen, Sun, Kaili, Gao, Rongfeng, Liu, Yang, Zhou, Jizhong
• Other Authors: Suttle, Curtis A., Ogunseitan, Oladele A., National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023
• Subjects: permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03009-22; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.03009-22

Permafrost thawing causes microbial release of greenhouse gases, exacerbating climate warming. Some previous studies examined the responses of the microbial communities and functions to warming in permafrost region, but the roles of viruses in mediating the responses of microbial communities to warming are poorly understood.