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.
• Other Authors: Bordenstein, Seth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Carbon cycling; Environmental microbiology; Microbial ecology; Peatlands; Permafrost; Soil microbiology; Soil viromics; Viral ecology; Viromes; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 1303 Biochemistry; 1311 Genetics; 1312 Molecular Biology; 1314 Physiology; 1706 Computer Science Applications; 2404 Microbiology; 2611 Modelling and Simulation; Emerson; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; palsas; permafrost
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:46ea04e

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...