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Title: Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient

Abstract

Permafrost stores approximately 50% of global soil carbon (C) in a frozen form; it is thawing rapidly under climate change, and little is known about viral communities in these soils or their roles in C cycling. In permafrost soils, microorganisms contribute significantly to C cycling, and characterizing them has recently been shown to improve prediction of ecosystem function. In other ecosystems, viruses have broad ecosystem and community impacts ranging from host cell mortality and organic matter cycling to horizontal gene transfer and reprogramming of core microbial metabolisms. Here we developed an optimized protocol to extract viruses from three types of high organic-matter peatland soils across a permafrost thaw gradient (palsa, moss-dominated bog, and sedge-dominated fen). Three separate experiments were used to evaluate the impact of chemical buffers, physical dispersion, storage conditions, and concentration and purification methods on viral yields. The most successful protocol, amended potassium citrate buffer with bead-beating or vortexing and BSA, yielded on average as much as 2-fold more virus-like particles (VLPs) g–1of soil than other methods tested. All method combinations yielded VLPs g–1of soil on the 108order of magnitude across all three soil types. The different storage and concentration methods did not yield significantly more VLPs g–1ofmore » soil among the soil types. In conclusion, this research provides much-needed guidelines for resuspending viruses from soils, specifically carbon-rich soils, paving the way for incorporating viruses into soil ecology studies.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Soil, Water and Environmental Science; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology
  2. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology
  3. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
  4. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology; Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology; Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
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Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1506096
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010580
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PeerJ
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher:
PeerJ Inc.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; viral diversity; viral ecology; soil viruses; phages; microbial ecology; humic-laden; permafrost; viral methods; active layer; Peatland; marine viruses; fresh-waters; population-dynamics; humic substances; climate-change; diversity; abundance; bacteria; bacteriophages; adsorption

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Trubl, Gareth, Solonenko, Natalie, Chittick, Lauren, Solonenko, Sergei A., Rich, Virginia I., and Sullivan, Matthew B. Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.7717/peerj.1999.
Trubl, Gareth, Solonenko, Natalie, Chittick, Lauren, Solonenko, Sergei A., Rich, Virginia I., & Sullivan, Matthew B. Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient. United States. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1999
Trubl, Gareth, Solonenko, Natalie, Chittick, Lauren, Solonenko, Sergei A., Rich, Virginia I., and Sullivan, Matthew B. Tue . "Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient". United States. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1999. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506096.
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title = {Optimization of viral resuspension methods for carbon-rich soils along a permafrost thaw gradient},
author = {Trubl, Gareth and Solonenko, Natalie and Chittick, Lauren and Solonenko, Sergei A. and Rich, Virginia I. and Sullivan, Matthew B.},
abstractNote = {Permafrost stores approximately 50% of global soil carbon (C) in a frozen form; it is thawing rapidly under climate change, and little is known about viral communities in these soils or their roles in C cycling. In permafrost soils, microorganisms contribute significantly to C cycling, and characterizing them has recently been shown to improve prediction of ecosystem function. In other ecosystems, viruses have broad ecosystem and community impacts ranging from host cell mortality and organic matter cycling to horizontal gene transfer and reprogramming of core microbial metabolisms. Here we developed an optimized protocol to extract viruses from three types of high organic-matter peatland soils across a permafrost thaw gradient (palsa, moss-dominated bog, and sedge-dominated fen). Three separate experiments were used to evaluate the impact of chemical buffers, physical dispersion, storage conditions, and concentration and purification methods on viral yields. The most successful protocol, amended potassium citrate buffer with bead-beating or vortexing and BSA, yielded on average as much as 2-fold more virus-like particles (VLPs) g–1of soil than other methods tested. All method combinations yielded VLPs g–1of soil on the 108order of magnitude across all three soil types. The different storage and concentration methods did not yield significantly more VLPs g–1of soil among the soil types. In conclusion, this research provides much-needed guidelines for resuspending viruses from soils, specifically carbon-rich soils, paving the way for incorporating viruses into soil ecology studies.},
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VIBRANT: automated recovery, annotation and curation of microbial viruses, and evaluation of viral community function from genomic sequences
journal, June 2020


Uncovering a hidden diversity: optimized protocols for the extraction of dsDNA bacteriophages from soil
journal, February 2020

  • Göller, Pauline C.; Haro-Moreno, Jose M.; Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco
  • Microbiome, Vol. 8, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-0795-2

Phages for Phage Therapy: Isolation, Characterization, and Host Range Breadth
journal, March 2019


Optimizing de novo genome assembly from PCR-amplified metagenomes
journal, January 2019


Towards optimized viral metagenomes for double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses from challenging soils
journal, January 2019


Benchmarking protocols for the metagenomic analysis of stream biofilm viromes
journal, January 2019


Uncovering a hidden diversity: optimized protocols for the extraction of dsDNA bacteriophages from soil
text, January 2020


Host-linked soil viral ecology along a permafrost thaw gradient
journal, July 2018


Uncovering a hidden diversity: optimized protocols for the extraction of dsDNA bacteriophages from soil
journal, February 2020

  • Göller, Pauline C.; Haro-Moreno, Jose M.; Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco
  • Microbiome, Vol. 8, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-0795-2

An Improved Method for Extracting Viruses From Sediment: Detection of Far More Viruses in the Subseafloor Than Previously Reported
journal, April 2019


Phages for Phage Therapy: Isolation, Characterization, and Host Range Breadth
journal, March 2019