Soil Microbial Ecology Group

Soil Microbial Ecology Group

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Hazard & Nicol Labs. We aim to understand soil microbial interactions - prokaryotes, fungi, viruses, their contribution to biogeochemical cycling & mitigating their impact or harnessing their potential for reducing climate change. https://soilmicrobes.fr/

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Christina Hazard
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We'll be digging into this fertile ground at the upcoming International Soil Virus Conference! 🦠 ⛏️ Thanks @amiposts.bsky.social for sharing this piece! 🙌 #ISVC2026 #SoilViruses #ViralEcology #Microbiology #Virome #SoilScience

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Soil viral ecology has been one of the most neglected areas of microbiology, but technological advances are opening up fertile new frontiers, says Christina Hazard. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/fertile... @christinahazard.bsky.social

the-microbiologist.comFertile ground: The rise of soil viral ecologySoil viral ecology has been one of the most neglected areas of microbiology, but technological advances are opening up fertile new frontiers, says AMI Healthy Land Advisory Group member and CNRS resea...
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📣 We are happy to announce two University of Lyon-China Scholarship Council-funded #PhD projects examining Soil Virus Ecology! 🦠 ✍️ To apply: please send a detailed CV and letter of motivation by January 30, 2026. Interviews will take place in February. Further details can be found here 👇

soilmicrobes.frJoinLet’s Team Up Vacancies PhD Scholarship: University of Lyon – China Scholarship Council TOPIC: Probing the soil RNA virosphere: Viral interactions with key microbial drivers of biogeoch…
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🎓 Congrats to Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang and Dr. Huaiyu Wang on successful PhD defenses!! 🎉 Dr. Zhang’s research on soil RNA viruses and Dr. Wang’s work on soil methylotroph viruses represent remarkable scientific achievements. We wish them every success on the next exciting chapters of their careers 🌟🚀

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🚀 New INRAE Research Position Likely Opening in 2026 at Our Department! 🎯 Excited to work at the interface of microbial and plant biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions? 📍Microbial Ecology Laboratory, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France 📅 Offer will be posted end of January 2026

jobs.inrae.frHomepage | INRAE JOBSJob offers and advantages of the employer INRAE, French public research institute specialized in agriculture, food and the environment.
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The final edition of the ACTIONr Network Newsletter is now available! This issue includes the Editorial: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors – Mechanisms, Performance, and Practical Implications” Read it here: www.actionr.eu/actionr-news...

actionr.euACTIONr Newsletter #06 (October 2025) - ACTIONrRead the last Newsletter of the ACTIONr network, and discover among others: -Editorial by the ACTIONr team: “Insights from ACTIONr and Side Projects on Nitrification Inhibitors Mechanisms, Performance...
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Latest publication! 📢 Using nitrifying microbes as a tool for testing the toxicity of agriculture pesticides ☠️! Congrats Eleftheria Bachtsevani -first paper of your PhD! Great collaboration with co-first author Maria Kolovou, and Dimitrios Karpoyzas & Evangelia Papadopoulou (Univ. of Thessaly)

pubs.acs.orgSingle Species In Vitro Assays with Nitrifying Bacteria and Archaea for Assessing the Toxicity of Pesticides on Soil MicroorganismsSingle species tests on surrogate organisms from different trophic levels constitute a cornerstone in aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, representing a major tool for assessing pesticide ecotoxici...
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📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute. 🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026 📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France 👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025 #virus #phage #ISVC2026

soilmicrobes.frISVC2026International Soil Virus Conference 2026! We are excited to announce and provide RSVP details for the next International Soil Virus Conference that will be held in Saint-Loup Lamaire, France on Jun…
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Hot off the press! 📣 We demonstrate that soil physicochemical gradients alter virus community structure but not the presence of those infecting individual (cultivated) bacteria hosts 🦠🧫 @Sungeun Lee @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social

sciencedirect.comSoil pH influences the composition of bacteriophage communities infecting individual hostsBacteriophages (phages) are predicted to infect a range of hosts in highly diverse soil bacterial communities. However, selection of host communities …
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📣 PhD Scholarship Funding Opportunity! Interested in pursuing a PhD in soil virus ecology and biogeochemical cycling? 🦠 Have a Masters degree from abroad and ranked in the top 20% of your class? 🎓 Get in touch now! See our website for further details. Submission deadline in August.

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Gareth (Gary) Trubl
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Our paper is out and is open access! Phosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-up. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sieravirus.bsky.social @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @christinahazard.bsky.social

sciencedirect.comPhosphate amendment drives bloom of RNA viruses after soil wet-upSoil rewetting after a dry period results in a surge of activity and succession in both microbial and DNA virus communities. Less is known about the r…
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Our perspective on soil virus ecology research is out! Fantastic collab with @christinahazard.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social @lukehillary.bsky.social @urineri.bsky.social @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @KurtWilliams @jeffinerca.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social @JoanneEmerson

sciencedirect.comBeneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecologySoil virus ecology is an exciting but still nascent field of research in soil microbiology. While there has been a recent surge in soil virus research…
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📣 Come join us at the ACTIONr PhD summer school in Greece! “Biological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cycling” Free registration & lodging! 😁👇

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Check out our recent publication on our continued research on soil viruses of nitrifers! @MiaSungeunLEE @christinahazard.bsky.social @graemenicol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

academic.oup.comActivity of novel virus families infecting soil nitrifiers is concomitant with host niche differentiationAbstract. Chemolithoautotrophic nitrifiers are model groups for linking phylogeny, evolution, and ecophysiology. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) typically

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