Characteristics of Wetting-Induced Bacteriophage Blooms in Biological Soil Crust

Characteristics of Wetting-Induced Bacteriophage Blooms in Biological Soil Crust

ABSTRACT Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are photosynthetic “hot spots” in deserts and cover ∼12% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, and yet they face an uncertain future given expected shifts in rainfall events. Laboratory wetting of biocrust communities is known to cause a bloom of Firmicutes...

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Main Authors: Marc W. Van Goethem, Tami L. Swenson, Gareth Trubl, Simon Roux, Trent R. Northen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Firmicutes
bacteriophages
biocrust
soil microbiology
virus-host interactions
wetting
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02287-19

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