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Host-linked soil viral ecology along a permafrost thaw gradient

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Microbiology, July 2018
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Title
Host-linked soil viral ecology along a permafrost thaw gradient
Published in
Nature Microbiology, July 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41564-018-0190-y
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Authors

Joanne B. Emerson, Simon Roux, Jennifer R. Brum, Benjamin Bolduc, Ben J. Woodcroft, Ho Bin Jang, Caitlin M. Singleton, Lindsey M. Solden, Adrian E. Naas, Joel A. Boyd, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Rachel M. Wilson, Gareth Trubl, Changsheng Li, Steve Frolking, Phillip B. Pope, Kelly C. Wrighton, Patrick M. Crill, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Scott R. Saleska, Gene W. Tyson, Virginia I. Rich, Matthew B. Sullivan

Abstract

Climate change threatens to release abundant carbon that is sequestered at high latitudes, but the constraints on microbial metabolisms that mediate the release of methane and carbon dioxide are poorly understood1-7. The role of viruses, which are known to affect microbial dynamics, metabolism and biogeochemistry in the oceans8-10, remains largely unexplored in soil. Here, we aimed to investigate how viruses influence microbial ecology and carbon metabolism in peatland soils along a permafrost thaw gradient in Sweden. We recovered 1,907 viral populations (genomes and large genome fragments) from 197 bulk soil and size-fractionated metagenomes, 58% of which were detected in metatranscriptomes and presumed to be active. In silico predictions linked 35% of the viruses to microbial host populations, highlighting likely viral predators of key carbon-cycling microorganisms, including methanogens and methanotrophs. Lineage-specific virus/host ratios varied, suggesting that viral infection dynamics may differentially impact microbial responses to a changing climate. Virus-encoded glycoside hydrolases, including an endomannanase with confirmed functional activity, indicated that viruses influence complex carbon degradation and that viral abundances were significant predictors of methane dynamics. These findings suggest that viruses may impact ecosystem function in climate-critical, terrestrial habitats and identify multiple potential viral contributions to soil carbon cycling.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 454 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 104 23%
Researcher 74 16%
Student > Master 48 11%
Student > Bachelor 39 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 19 4%
Other 60 13%
Unknown 110 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 112 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 68 15%
Environmental Science 65 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 22 5%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 15 3%
Other 37 8%
Unknown 135 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 182. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2023.
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#222,874
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#210
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#8
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