J. W. Sorensen

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.

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.

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.

Dormancy dynamics and dispersal contribute to soil microbiome resilience

This study quantifies how dormancy and dispersal contribute to soil microbiome resilience after thermal disturbance by comparing communities with and without dispersal.

Assembly and seasonality of core phyllosphere microbiota on perennial biofuel crops

The paper characterizes the origins and seasonal dynamics of core microbial communities on switchgrass and miscanthus leaves, finding soil-derived taxa adapted to the phyllosphere.

Ecological selection for small microbial genomes along a temperate-to-thermal soil gradient

The paper investigates microbial genome size along a soil temperature gradient, finding smaller genomes in hotter soils and linking this to ecological selection for thermotolerant microbes.