Soil Viruses Are Underexplored Players in Ecosystem Carbon Processing

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Gareth Trubl, Ho Bin Jang, Simon Roux, Joanne B. Emerson, Natalie Solonenko, Dean R. Vik, Lindsey Solden, Jared Ellenbogen, Alexander T. Runyon, Benjamin Bolduc, Ben J. Woodcroft, Scott R. Saleska, Gene W. Tyson, Kelly C. Wrighton, Matthew B. Sullivan, Virginia I. Rich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; carbon cycling; environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; peatlands; permafrost; Microbiology; QR1-502; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; palsas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00076-18; https://doaj.org/article/c96d6a9b162d4928ab463475ebcb7118

ABSTRACT 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 challenges of reco...