J. B. Emerson

This study examines how extraction buffer chemistry affects extractable viral communities in different soil types, finding that spatial distance is the primary driver of community composition.

The paper examines viral and bacterial community dynamics in dry soils after rewetting, finding that viral communities show extreme turnover while bacterial communities remain more stable.

The paper compares viral, prokaryotic, and fungal communities in almond rhizospheres and bulk soils across four California orchards, finding significant differences between orchards but not between soil types.

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.

The paper analyzes viral biogeography in wetlands, finding that dispersal, habitat filtering, and eco-evolutionary dynamics shape viral communities across space and time.

The paper examines soil viral community composition across four habitats, finding significant differences by moisture content and limited dispersal of viral species.

The paper analyzes soil viromes in a Mediterranean grassland to show spatial turnover and moisture-driven responses in viral communities.

The paper analyzes viral communities in oak and conifer leaves, finding that host plant phylogeny structures these communities and reveals host-specific viromes.

The paper examines how soil pH affects viral community structure at local and global scales, finding that pH significantly influences both prokaryotic and viral communities.

This study shows that spatial variations in sediment microbiota influence methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes.

The paper shows that adding viruses to soil affects carbon cycling during plant litter decomposition, but this effect varies between soil types.

The paper analyzes soil microbiome responses to high severity wildfires using genome-resolved data, finding Actinobacteria dominance and microbial traits enhancing post-fire survival.

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.

The paper analyzes viromes from a boreal peatland to reveal niche partitioning of viruses between terrestrial and aquatic environments, showing distinct viral community patterns.

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.

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.

This study identifies 53 viral populations in permafrost thawing soils, revealing their ecological diversity and potential role in carbon cycling through host infection and auxiliary metabolic genes.