TY - JOUR
T1 - A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts
AU - the Soil Virosphere Consortium
AU - Graham, Emily B.
AU - Camargo, Antonio Pedro
AU - Wu, Ruonan
AU - Neches, Russell Y.
AU - Nolan, Matt
AU - Paez-Espino, David
AU - Kyrpides, Nikos C.
AU - Jansson, Janet K.
AU - McDermott, Jason E.
AU - Hofmockel, Kirsten S.
AU - Blanchard, Jeffrey L.
AU - Liu, Xiao Jun A.
AU - Rodrigues, Jorge L.Mazza
AU - Freedman, Zachary B.
AU - Baldrian, Petr
AU - Stursova, Martina
AU - DeAngelis, Kristen M.
AU - Lee, Sungeun
AU - Godoy-Vitorino, Filipa
AU - Yeoh, Yun Kit
AU - Cadillo-Quiroz, Hinsby
AU - Tringe, Susannah G.
AU - Chauhan, Archana
AU - Cowan, Don A.
AU - Van Goethem, Marc W.
AU - Woyke, Tanja
AU - Dove, Nicholas C.
AU - Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.
AU - Juenger, Thomas E.
AU - Hart, Stephen C.
AU - Myrold, David D.
AU - Onstott, Tullis C.
AU - Bohannan, Brendan J.M.
AU - Schmer, Marty R.
AU - Palmer, Nathan A.
AU - Nüsslein, Klaus
AU - Makhalanyane, Thulani P.
AU - Dynarski, Katherine A.
AU - Taş, Neslihan
AU - Nicol, Graeme W.
AU - Hazard, Christina
AU - Scully, Erin D.
AU - Jain, Kunal R.
AU - Madamwar, Datta
AU - Bissett, Andrew
AU - Constant, Philippe
AU - Oliveira, Rafael S.
AU - Cregger, Melissa A.
AU - Carrell, Alyssa A.
AU - Klingeman, Dawn M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Battelle Memorial Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2024.
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - Historically neglected by microbial ecologists, soil viruses are now thought to be critical to global biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of their global distribution, activities and interactions with the soil microbiome remains limited. Here we present the Global Soil Virus Atlas, a comprehensive dataset compiled from 2,953 previously sequenced soil metagenomes and composed of 616,935 uncultivated viral genomes and 38,508 unique viral operational taxonomic units. Rarefaction curves from the Global Soil Virus Atlas indicate that most soil viral diversity remains unexplored, further underscored by high spatial turnover and low rates of shared viral operational taxonomic units across samples. By examining genes associated with biogeochemical functions, we also demonstrate the viral potential to impact soil carbon and nutrient cycling. This study represents an extensive characterization of soil viral diversity and provides a foundation for developing testable hypotheses regarding the role of the virosphere in the soil microbiome and global biogeochemistry.
AB - Historically neglected by microbial ecologists, soil viruses are now thought to be critical to global biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of their global distribution, activities and interactions with the soil microbiome remains limited. Here we present the Global Soil Virus Atlas, a comprehensive dataset compiled from 2,953 previously sequenced soil metagenomes and composed of 616,935 uncultivated viral genomes and 38,508 unique viral operational taxonomic units. Rarefaction curves from the Global Soil Virus Atlas indicate that most soil viral diversity remains unexplored, further underscored by high spatial turnover and low rates of shared viral operational taxonomic units across samples. By examining genes associated with biogeochemical functions, we also demonstrate the viral potential to impact soil carbon and nutrient cycling. This study represents an extensive characterization of soil viral diversity and provides a foundation for developing testable hypotheses regarding the role of the virosphere in the soil microbiome and global biogeochemistry.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41564-024-01686-x
DO - 10.1038/s41564-024-01686-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 38902374
AN - SCOPUS:85197976961
SN - 2058-5276
VL - 9
SP - 1873
EP - 1883
JO - Nature Microbiology
JF - Nature Microbiology
IS - 7
ER -