Microbial and viral succession after soil rewetting: links to carbon sequestration

TY - ABST

T1 - Microbial and viral succession after soil rewetting: links to carbon sequestration

AU - Sieradzki, Ella Tali

PY - 2025/11/11

Y1 - 2025/11/11

N2 - Viruses have a significant effect on dissolved organic carbon stocks in marine environments, but in soil the activity of viruses is understudied. However, much of the carbon buried in soil comprises of microbial necromass, implying a potential link between viral predation on the soil microbiome and carbon sequestration. I will present results from rewetting experiments showing unexpected patterns of viral community succession, and introduce my current work which aims to link viral activity in soil to carbon sequestration.

AB - Viruses have a significant effect on dissolved organic carbon stocks in marine environments, but in soil the activity of viruses is understudied. However, much of the carbon buried in soil comprises of microbial necromass, implying a potential link between viral predation on the soil microbiome and carbon sequestration. I will present results from rewetting experiments showing unexpected patterns of viral community succession, and introduce my current work which aims to link viral activity in soil to carbon sequestration.

M3 - Conference abstract for conference

T2 - Danish Microbiology Society Annual Meeting 2025

Y2 - 9 November 2025 through 9 November 2025

ER -