A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts
E. B. Graham, A. P. Camargo, R. Wu, R. Y. Neches, M. Nolan, D. Paez-Espino, N. Kyrpides, J. K. K. Jansson, J. E. McDermott, K. S. Hofmockel, Soil Virosphere Consortium
The paper compiles a global soil virus dataset to assess biodiversity and biogeochemical impacts, finding most viral diversity remains unexplored and viruses may influence carbon and nutrient cycling.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2023Ecology