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The microbial ecology of permafrost

One-quarter of the land surface on Earth is underlain by permafrost. Jansson and Taş review the microbial ecology of this fascinating and unique niche, pulling together observations from the study of permafrost isolates and the application of high-throughput sequencing.

Janet K. Jansson
Neslihan Taş
Reviews12 May 2014
Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volume: 12, P: 414-425
Landscape topography structures the soil microbiome in arctic polygonal tundra

The role of ecosystem structure in microbial activity related to greenhouse gas production is poorly understood. Here, Taş and colleagues show that microbial communities and ecosystem function vary across fine-scale topography in a polygonal tundra.

Neslihan Taş
Emmanuel Prestat
Janet K. Jansson
ResearchOpen Access22 Feb 2018
Nature Communications

Volume: 9, P: 1-13
Light-independent phytoplankton degradation and detoxification of methylmercury in water

This research reveals a previously unrecognized yet potentially widespread biological pathway of methylmercury detoxification, which may exert important controls on the net production and bioaccumulation of the methylmercury toxin in aquatic food webs.

Xujun Liang
Huan Zhong
Baohua Gu
Research07 Aug 2023
Nature Water

Volume: 1, P: 705-715
Metabolic capabilities mute positive response to direct and indirect impacts of warming throughout the soil profile

There is much uncertainty on the response of soil microbial communities to warming, particularly in the subsoil. Here, the authors investigate microbial community and metabolism response to 4.5 years of whole-profile soil warming, finding depth-dependent effects and elevated subsoil microbial respiration.

Nicholas C. Dove
Margaret S. Torn
Neslihan Taş
ResearchOpen Access07 Apr 2021
Nature Communications

Volume: 12, P: 1-13
A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts

This study presents an extensive global compendium of metagenomically derived sequences that will serve as a foundation for understanding the role of viruses in soil ecosystems.

Emily B. Graham
Antonio Pedro Camargo
Nicole Pietrasiak
ResearchOpen Access20 Jun 2024
Nature Microbiology

Volume: 9, P: 1873-1883
Permafrost microbial communities and functional genes are structured by latitudinal and soil geochemical gradients

Mark P. Waldrop
Christopher L. Chabot
Rachel Mackelprang
ResearchOpen Access22 May 2023
The ISME Journal

Volume: 17, P: 1224-1235
Ecological and genomic responses of soil microbiomes to high-severity wildfire: linking community assembly to functional potential

Nicholas C. Dove
Neslihan Taş
Stephen C. Hart
ResearchOpen Access16 Apr 2022
The ISME Journal

Volume: 16, P: 1853-1863
Impact of fire on active layer and permafrost microbial communities and metagenomes in an upland Alaskan boreal forest

Neslihan Taş
Emmanuel Prestat
Janet K Jansson
ResearchOpen Access10 Apr 2014
The ISME Journal

Volume: 8, P: 1904-1919

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