Viruses are key members of Earth's microbiomes, shaping microbial community composition
and metabolism. Here, we describe recent advances in'soil viromics', that is, virus-focused …

Highlights•Global phage diversity is now primarily explored through cultivation-independent
metagenomics.•Metagenome-derived phages are typically linked to their host (s) via in silico …

Viruses are integral components of all ecosystems and microbiomes on Earth. Through
pervasive infections of their cellular hosts, viruses can reshape microbial community …

In marine ecosystems, viruses exert control on the composition and metabolism of microbial
communities, influencing overall biogeochemical cycling. Deep sea sediments associated …

Viruses are ubiquitous in the oceans, exhibiting high abundance and diversity. Here, we
systematically analyze existing genomic sequences of marine prokaryotes to compile a …

Viruses play an important role in the marine ecosystem. However, our comprehension of
viruses inhabiting the dark ocean, and in particular, under the Antarctic Ice Shelves, remains …

Current metagenomic tools can fail to identify highly divergent RNA viruses. We developed a
deep learning algorithm, termed LucaProt, to discover highly divergent RNA-dependent …

Viral metagenomics has expanded our knowledge of the ecology of uncultured viruses,
within both environmental (eg, terrestrial and aquatic) and host-associated (eg, plants and …

The multiple ecological influences and potential microbial degradation of microplastics are
generally attributed to the microbial communities colonized on microplastics. Phages play …

With advances in DNA sequencing and miniaturized molecular biology workflows, rapid and
affordable sequencing of single-cell genomes has become a reality. Compared to 16S rRNA …