Identification of Novel Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts from Soils with Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization and Cover Cropping Management
Ning Duan, Mark Radosevich, Jie Zhuang, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Margaret Staton, Sean M. Schaeffer
Abstract
Bacterial viruses are extremely small and abundant particles that can control the microbial abundance and community composition through infection, which gradually showed their vital roles in the ecological process to influence the nutrient flow. Compared to the substrate control, less is known about the influence of soil viruses on microbial community function, and even less is known about microbial and viral diversity in the soil system. To obtain a more complete knowledge of microbial function dynamics, the interaction between microbes and viruses cannot be ignored. To fully understand this process, it is fundamental to get insight into the correlation between the diversity of viral communities and bacteria which could induce these changes.