Soil Viruses Are Underexplored Players in Ecosystem Carbon Processing

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Trubl, G, Jang, HB, Roux, S, Emerson, JB, Solonenko, N, Vik, DR, Solden, L, Ellenbogen, J, Runyon, AT, Bolduc, B, Woodcroft, BJ, Saleska, SR, Tyson, GW, Wrighton, KC, Sullivan, MB, Rich, VI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; carbon cycling; environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; peatlands; permafrost; soil microbiology; soil viromics; viral ecology; viromes; Emerson; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; palsas
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6bj6z601

Copyright © 2018 Hug. 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 could modulate that impact via induced mortality and metabolic controls. Because of the chall...