A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Oregon Health & Science Univ., Portland, OR (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prague (Czech Republic)
- Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France)
- Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (United States)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Panjab University (India)
- Univ. of Pretoria (South Africa)
- Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Lincoln, NE (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
- Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Manhattan, KS (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
- Sardar Patel University (India)
- Charotar University of Science and Technology (India)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)(Canada)
- Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP) (Brazil)
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Historically neglected by microbial ecologists, soil viruses are now thought to be critical to global biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of their global distribution, activities and interactions with the soil microbiome remains limited. Here we present the Global Soil Virus Atlas, a comprehensive dataset compiled from 2,953 previously sequenced soil metagenomes and composed of 616,935 uncultivated viral genomes and 38,508 unique viral operational taxonomic units. Rarefaction curves from the Global Soil Virus Atlas indicate that most soil viral diversity remains unexplored, further underscored by high spatial turnover and low rates of shared viral operational taxonomic units across samples. By examining genes associated with biogeochemical functions, we also demonstrate the viral potential to impact soil carbon and nutrient cycling. This study represents an extensive characterization of soil viral diversity and provides a foundation for developing testable hypotheses regarding the role of the virosphere in the soil microbiome and global biogeochemistry.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Contributing Organization:
- The Soil Virosphere Consortium
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 2328615
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 2397425
OSTI ID: 2479670
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA--192887
- Journal Information:
- Nature Microbiology, Journal Name: Nature Microbiology Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 9; ISSN 2058-5276
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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