Phages Shape the Transformation of Organic Matter During Composting.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms drive the biotransformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) during organic wastes composting, yet the role of phages with different lifestyles (i.e., temperate and virulent) in this process remains poorly understood. Here, bulk metagenomic sequencing combined with electrospray ionisation (ESI) Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) was used to investigate the dynamics of temperate and virulent phage communities, microbial functional traits represented by the growth yield (Y)-resource acquisition (A)-stress tolerance (S) life-history strategies (Y-A-S) framework, and molecular changes in DOM composition, as well as their potential linkages during the composting of a rice chaff and chicken manure mixture. Our results revealed that the ratio o

SUBMITTER: Bao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12719608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature