J. B. Emerson

Exploring viral particle, soil, and extraction buffer physicochemical characteristics and their impacts on extractable viral communities

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.

Almond rhizosphere viral, prokaryotic, and fungal communities differed significantly among four California orchards and in comparison to bulk soil communities

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.

Soil viral communities differed by management and over time in organic and conventional tomato fields

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.

Dispersal, habitat filtering, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of local and global wetland viral biogeography

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

Viral but not bacterial community succession is characterized by extreme turnover shortly after rewetting dry soils

The paper examines viral and bacterial community dynamics in dry soils after rewetting, finding that viral communities show extreme turnover while bacterial communities remain more stable.

Substantial differences in soil viral community composition within and among four Northern California habitats

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

Spatial turnover of soil viral populations and genotypes overlain by cohesive responses to moisture in grasslands

The paper analyzes soil viromes in a Mediterranean grassland to show spatial turnover and moisture-driven responses in viral communities.

RNA viral communities are structured by host plant phylogeny in oak and conifer leaves

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

Soil viral communities are structured by pH at local and global scales

The paper examines how soil pH affects viral community structure at local and global scales, finding that pH significantly influences both prokaryotic and viral communities.

Diverse Arctic lake sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity

This study shows that spatial variations in sediment microbiota influence methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes.

Experimental evidence for the impact of soil viruses on carbon cycling during surface plant litter decomposition

The paper shows that adding viruses to soil affects carbon cycling during plant litter decomposition, but this effect varies between soil types.

Playing with FiRE: A genome resolved view of the soil microbiome responses to high severity forest wildfire

The paper analyzes soil microbiome responses to high severity wildfires using genome-resolved data, finding Actinobacteria dominance and microbial traits enhancing post-fire survival.

DNase treatment improves viral enrichment in agricultural soil 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.

Minnesota peat viromes reveal terrestrial and aquatic niche partitioning for local and global viral populations

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

Viromes outperform total metagenomes in revealing the spatiotemporal patterns of agricultural soil viral communities

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.

Evidence for non-methanogenic metabolisms in globally distributed archaeal clades basal to the Methanomassiliicoccales

This study shows that Thermoplasmata archaea lack methanogenesis genes, suggesting methanogenesis was laterally acquired by Methanomassiliicoccales, and identifies new Thermoplasmata lineages with diverse metabolic capabilities.

Soil viruses are underexplored players in ecosystem carbon processing

This study identifies 53 viral populations in permafrost thawing soils, revealing their ecological diversity and potential role in carbon cycling through host infection and auxiliary metabolic genes.