Limited effect of short- to mid-term storage conditions on an Australian farmland soil RNA virome
Sabrina Sadiq, Peipei Xue, Yijia Tang, Mingming Du, Kate Van Brussel, Alex B. McBratney, Edward Charles Holmes, Budiman Minasny
This study identifies 1,475 novel RNA viruses in Australian soils and demonstrates that snap-freezing is a viable storage method for at least three months.
Journal of Virology · Jan 21, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology