{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Han LL"],"funding":["the China Scholarship Council","the National Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["6"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8822697"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale. Our understanding of biogeography of soil viruses and their ecological functions lags significantly behind that of Bacteria and Fungi. Here, a viromic approach was used to investigate the distribution and ecological functions of viruses from 19 soils across China.<h4>Results</h4>Soil viral community were clustered more significantly by geographical location than type of soil (agricultural and natural). Three clusters of viral communities were identified from North, Southeast and Southwest regions; these clusters differentiated using taxonomic composition and were mainly driven by geographic location and climate factors. A total of 972 viral populations (vOT"],"journal":["Environmental microbiome"],"pubmed_title":["Distribution of soil viruses across China and their potential role in phosphorous metabolism."],"pmcid":["PMC8822697"],"funding_grant_id":["41771289","41571248"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhang LM","Silveira C","Du S","He JZ","Cobian Guemes AG","Rohwer F","Bi L","Han LL","Yu DT"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Distribution of soil viruses across China and their potential role in phosphorous metabolism.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale. Our understanding of biogeography of soil viruses and their ecological functions lags significantly behind that of Bacteria and Fungi. Here, a viromic approach was used to investigate the distribution and ecological functions of viruses from 19 soils across China.<h4>Results</h4>Soil viral community were clustered more significantly by geographical location than type of soil (agricultural and natural). Three clusters of viral communities were identified from North, Southeast and Southwest regions; these clusters differentiated using taxonomic composition and were mainly driven by geographic location and climate factors. A total of 972 viral populations (vOT","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2026-05-30T15:16:01.657Z","creation":"2025-04-19T22:38:58.761Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8822697","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35130971"],"doi":["10.1186/s40793-022-00401-9"]}}