We develop new ways to “see” and understand viruses in the laboratory and in nature.
Out Now! Mobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils #MicroSky
Mobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soilsNature Microbiology, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02391-7An 8-year soil meta-omic time series shows how mobile genetic elements shape permafrost microbial diversity and impact a range of functions, including carbon and nutrient cycling.go.nature.comNew review in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social led by postdoc Marion Urvoy: "Beyond AMGs: Phage-encoded transcription and sigma factors as understudied virocell reprogramming tools" Read here: tinyurl.com/5f3z3wzr TLDR:👇
Please wait whilst we redirect youAll content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply.tinyurl.com🚨NEW PAPER @isme-microbes.bsky.social on phage-bacteria dynamics. Collab between us and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social labs. "Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics". 👉 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamicsAbstract. Diverse phage-bacteria communities coexist at high densities in environmental, agricultural, and human-associated microbiomes. Phage-bacteria coedoi.org
New paper 🔔 Collaboration @sullivan-lab.bsky.social Marissa Gittrich led the work Klebsiella phage biology has focused almost entirely on capsulated strains, but capsule loss is the #1 resistance mechanism under phage predation. We used a naturally acapsular host to reveal the receptor landscape
New paper from @adjiep.bsky.social on viral impacts in groundwater at Nature Comms. Congratulations Adjie and team! Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #viruses #viromics #groundwater
Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes - Nature CommunicationsGroundwater viruses are less well studied. Here, using large-scale sequencing, the authors uncover extensive, largely uncharacterized viral diversity in groundwater, showing that viruses infect domina...www.nature.comCongratulations Gary! #viruses #soilviruses #ecology
Gareth (Gary) TrublNew paper published in @natcomms.nature.com! Population ecology and biogeochemical implications of ssDNA and dsDNA viruses along a permafrost thaw gradient doi.org/10.1038/s414... www.nature.com/collections/... @sullivan-lab.bsky.social
Viruses transform microbes, populations, & ecosystems. In new work jointly led w/@tn-marine-micro.bsky.social + more, we find a link between enhanced viral infection and productivity 50 meters below the surface in the otherwise nutrient limited Sargasso Sea. a 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Critical review for integrating viruses into ocean modelling now in Frontiers: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... Bringing viruses into Earth system models will sharpen predictions of carbon sequestration, nutrient retention, and climate sensitivity in the ocean.
Frontiers | Viruses in multi-scale ocean models: challenges and opportunitiesWhile viruses affect the flow of elements and energy at a planet-wide scale through lysis, gene transfer, and metabolic reprogramming, they are yet to be inc...www.frontiersin.org