Soil Viruses Are Underexplored Players in Ecosystem Carbon Processing

• Published in: mSystems
• Main Authors: Trubl, Gareth, Jang, Ho Bin, Roux, Simon, Emerson, Joanne B., Solonenko, Natalie, Vik, Dean R., Solden, Lindsey, Ellenbogen, Jared, Runyon, Alexander T., Bolduc, Benjamin, Woodcroft, Ben J., Saleska, Scott R., Tyson, Gene W., Wrighton, Kelly C., Sullivan, Matthew B., Rich, Virginia I.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Arctic; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; palsas; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506353; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1506353; https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00076-18

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 recovering vi...