Soils contain a tangle of minerals, water, nutrients, gases, plant roots, decaying organic
matter, and microorganisms which work together to cycle nutrients and support terrestrial …

Microbiomes from every environment contain a myriad of uncultivated archaeal and
bacterial viruses, but studying these viruses is hampered by the lack of a universal, scalable …

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 …

Climate change is inducing wide-scale permafrost thaw in the Arctic and subarctic, triggering
concerns that long-dormant pathogens could reemerge from the thawing ground and initiate …

The rise of global temperature causes the degradation of the substantial reserves of carbon
(C) stored in tundra soils, in which microbial processes play critical roles. Viruses are known …

Summary Small genes (< 150 nucleotides) have been systematically overlooked in phage
genomes. We employ a large-scale comparative genomics approach to predict> 40,000 …

Soil viruses are abundant, but the influence of the environment and climate on soil viruses
remains poorly understood. Here, we addressed this gap by comparing the diversity …

Viruses are abundant and diverse members of soil communities, but their influences on soil
biogeochemical cycling are poorly understood. To assess the potential for viruses to …

The functioning, health, and productivity of soil are intimately tied to a complex network of
interactions, particularly in plant root-associated rhizosphere soil. We conducted a stable …

Viruses are ubiquitous in the oceans. Even in the deep sediments of the Mariana Trench,
viruses have high productivity. However, little is known about their species composition and …