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Unveiling the unknown viral world in groundwater.
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- Microbial ecology of shallow groundwater ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
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- Metagenomics reveals potential interactions between Patescibacteriota and their phages in groundwater ecosystems.mSystems · 2026Article
- Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Rare Phyla, Such as CPR and DPANN, Shape Ecosystem-Level Microbial Community Structure Dissimilarities.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Biogeography and host interactions of CPR and DPANN viruses in acid mine drainage sediments.Nature communications · 2025Article
- ViromeXplore: integrative workflows for complete and reproducible virome characterization.Briefings in bioinformatics · 2025Article
- A call for caution in the biological interpretation of viral auxiliary metabolic genes.Nature microbiology · 2025Review
- The defensome of prokaryotes in aquifers.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Virus Infection of a Freshwater Cyanobacterium Contributes Significantly to the Release of Toxins Through Cell Lysis.Microorganisms · 2025Article
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Abstract
Viruses as the prevailing biological entities are poorly understood in underground realms. Here, we establish the first metagenomic Groundwater Virome Catalogue (GWVC) comprising 280,420 viral species ( ≥ 5 kb) detected from 607 monitored wells in seven geo-environmental zones throughout China. In expanding ~10-fold the global portfolio of known groundwater viruses, we uncover over 99% novel viruses and about 95% novel viral clusters. By linking viruses to hosts from 119 prokaryotic phyla, we double the number of microbial phyla known to be virus-infected in groundwater. As keystone ultrasmall symbionts in aquifers, CPR bacteria and DPANN archaea are susceptible to virulent viruses. Certain complete CPR viruses even likely infect non-CPR bacteria, while partial CPR/DPANN viruses harbor cell-surface modification genes that assist symbiont cell adhesion to free-living microbes. This study reveals the unknown viral world and auxiliary metabolism associated with methane, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus cycling in groundwater, and highlights the importance of subsurface virosphere in viral ecology.
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