Active virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Gareth Trubl, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jose Liquet-Gonzalez, Erin E. Nuccio, Peter K. Weber, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Janet K. Jansson, Mark P. Waldrop, Steven J. Blazewicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Soil viruses; Bacteriophage; Stable isotope probing; Permafrost; Peat; 18O-water; Microbial ecology; QR100-130; Arctic; Bonanza; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01154-2; https://doaj.org/article/513bf342f8ab4d30987693416c182276

Abstract 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. Viruses modulate microbial carbon cycling via induced mortality and metabolic controls, but it is unknown whether v...