Soils are among the largest viral reservoirs on Earth. Yet historically, soil viruses have been ignored. Recent work indicates the soil virosphere as a critical factor in human and environmental health, yet our understanding of global soil viral distributions, activities, and interactions with the soil microbiome remains limited.
Comprehensive, first-ever soil virus dataset represents untapped viral diversity, biogeochemical potential retrieved 5 August 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-08-comprehensive-soil-virus-dataset-untapped.html
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