Jonathan Colombet

The paper describes Pera virus, a giant virus infecting Pedospumella sp., and reports its morphological features and ecological dynamics in freshwater lakes.

This study shows that soil respiration can occur through non-living processes, with soil catalysts enabling organic compound oxidation to CO2 without living cells.

The paper uses flow cytometry and electron microscopy to discover new viral morphotypes and their abundance in aquatic environments, highlighting their ecological role.