James A. Riddell

The paper investigates how viral dynamics influence carbon metabolism in peat microcosms amended with catechin, showing that viral lysis redistributes intermediates to sustain methane suppression.

The paper develops a genome-scale metabolic model for ocean microbial communities to infer metabolic processes and viral impacts on biogeochemical cycles.

The paper benchmarks 63 viral identification rulesets on mock metagenomes and aquatic samples, finding that combining rules increases recall but also false positives, with some combinations achieving high accuracy.