L. A. Zinke

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.

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.

In Situ Electrochemical Studies of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface Biosphere at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, South Dakota, USA

This study uses in situ electrochemical reactors to study microbial activity in the deep subsurface, isolating and characterizing electrochemically active bacterial strains.