Host-virus coevolution drives soil microbial function succession along a millennium land reclamation chronosequence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gene exchange between viruses and hosts plays an important role in driving virus-host coevolution, enabling adaptation of both viruses and hosts to environmental changes. However, the mechanisms and functional significance of virus-host gene exchanges over long-term scales remain largely unexplored.

Objective

The present study aimed to gain insights into the role of viruses in virus-host interactions and coevolution by monitoring virome dynamics along a millennium-long land reclamation chronosequence.

Methods

We collected 24 soil samples from 8 stages of a millennium-long land reclamation chronosequence, including non-reclamation, and reclamation periods of 10, 50, 100, 300, 500, 700, and 1000 years. We characterized their metagenomes, and identified DNA

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12126747 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature