Distribution of soil viruses across China and their potential role in phosphorous metabolism

• Published in: Environmental microbiome Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 6 - 11
• Main Authors: Han, Li-Li, Yu, Dan-Ting, Bi, Li, Du, Shuai, Silveira, Cynthia, Cobián Güemes, Ana Georgina, Zhang, Li-Mei, He, Ji-Zheng, Rohwer, Forest
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Analysis; Bacteria; Biogeochemical cycles; Biogeography; dUTP pyrophosphatase; Ecological function; Ecosystems; Genes; Genetic engineering; Genomes; Genomics; Geographic location; Geographical distribution; Laboratories; Metabolism; Nucleotide synthesis; Nucleotides; Organic farming; P metabolism; PhoH; Phosphorus; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Proteins; Software; Soil types; Thymidylate synthase; Viral infections; Virome; Virus; Viruses; China; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; United States > US; Germany; Virus; Geographic location; Nucleotide synthesis; P metabolism; PhoH; Virome

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale. Our understanding of biogeography of soil viruses and their ecological functions lags significantly behind that of Bacteria and Fungi. Here, a viromic approach was used to investigate...