A. M. ter Horst

This study examines how extraction buffer chemistry affects extractable viral communities in different soil types, finding that spatial distance is the primary driver of community composition.

The paper compares viral, prokaryotic, and fungal communities in almond rhizospheres and bulk soils across four California orchards, finding significant differences between orchards but not between soil types.

The paper examines soil viral communities in organic and conventional tomato fields, showing management impacts on composition but also persistence of many viral species over time.

The paper analyzes viral biogeography in wetlands, finding that dispersal, habitat filtering, and eco-evolutionary dynamics shape viral communities across space and time.

The paper examines soil viral community composition across four habitats, finding significant differences by moisture content and limited dispersal of viral species.

The paper analyzes viral communities in oak and conifer leaves, finding that host plant phylogeny structures these communities and reveals host-specific viromes.

This study compares DNase-treated and untreated soil viromes, finding DNase improves viral contig assembly and reduces microbial DNA contamination but does not affect ecological patterns.

The paper analyzes viromes from a boreal peatland to reveal niche partitioning of viruses between terrestrial and aquatic environments, showing distinct viral community patterns.

The paper compares viromes and total metagenomes in agricultural soils, finding viromes reveal more viral diversity and rare virosphere components, while both communities show temporal and spatial patterns.

The paper characterizes endogenous viral elements (EVEs) across 48 arthropod genomes and finds they are widespread and often produce piRNAs.