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ArticleCommunications biology2026

Metagenomic insights into viral and microbial genes of Russian High-Arctic soil microbiomes.

Beat Frey, Gilda Varliero, Joel Rüthi, Ivan Alekseev, Weihong Qi, Vasiliy Povazhnyi, Vitalii Zemlianskii, Beat Stierli, Ksenia Ermokhina, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub and 1 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Beat FreySwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. beat.frey@wsl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-3574
Gilda VarlieroSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1893-0575
Joel RüthiSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Ivan AlekseevArctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-3849
Weihong QiFunctional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Vasiliy PovazhnyiSouth Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Science, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
Vitalii ZemlianskiiDepartment of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH, Zurich, Switzerland.
Beat StierliSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Ksenia ErmokhinaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Gabriela Schaepman-StrubDepartment of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4069-1884
Jessica CuarteroSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5378-5310

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-Arctic soils are extreme ecosystems where microbial and viral roles remain poorly studied. Climate-driven vegetation expansion may alter these environments, but its impact is unknown. We generate a shotgun metagenomic database from four High-Arctic islands, comparing vegetated and unvegetated sites at two depths (0-2 cm and 30-50 cm). We analyse the functional gene potential, including biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and assess viral diversity. Vegetated soils at 30-50 cm were enriched in genes for carbon/nitrogen cycling, energy production, and carbohydrate metabolism, indicating enhanced nutrient inputs. Conversely, unvegetated soils show higher BGC and ARG richness, reflecting microbial competition under nutrient limitation. Viral richness decreases in surface vegetated soils, while diversity and giant virus (Nucleocytoviricota) abundance increase with depth. These findings reveal how vegetation and soil depth modulate microbiomes and viromes, critical for predicting ecosystem trajectories in a warming world.

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BacteriaGenes, MicrobialMetagenomeMetagenomicsMicrobiotaSoil MicrobiologyArctic RegionsRussia

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PMID41986664
PMCPMC13269706

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