Zhongyi_Cheng | 程中一
@zycheng.bsky.social
Research Assistant at Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences | Rhizosphere microbiology🪴 | Soil contamination 🏭 | Soil viral ecology🦠 | Ph.D in Zhejiang University👨🎓
Google Scholar: https://shorturl.at/HFl4C
Google Scholar: https://shorturl.at/HFl4C
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Soil viruses are important regulators of ecosystem function, but what are their roles in environments that face long-term degradation and restoration? In our paper published today in Nature Micro, we asked how soil viruses influence peatland recovery, and vice versa. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology
Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Soil viruses are important regulators of ecosystem function, but what are their roles in environments that face long-term degradation and restoration? In our paper published today in Nature Micro, we asked how soil viruses influence peatland recovery, and vice versa. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology
Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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This is such a cool paper as it experimentally addresses the role of the auxiliary metabolic gene nblA in cyanophages showing a large benefit of NblA to the cyanophage and a negative effect on the host photosynthetic apparatus and host photosynthesis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature
Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is such a cool paper as it experimentally addresses the role of the auxiliary metabolic gene nblA in cyanophages showing a large benefit of NblA to the cyanophage and a negative effect on the host photosynthetic apparatus and host photosynthesis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Prophage induction drives soybean rhizobacterial community differentiation and nutrient cycling benefiting root development
-in #ISMEComms
with @bedutilh.bsky.social
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-in #ISMEComms
with @bedutilh.bsky.social
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Prophage induction drives soybean rhizobacterial community differentiation and nutrient cycling benefiting root development
Abstract. Bacteriophages, lytic or lysogenic, play critical roles in structuring different soil bacteriomes and driving their functionality. Lysogeny is fa
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Prophage induction drives soybean rhizobacterial community differentiation and nutrient cycling benefiting root development
-in #ISMEComms
with @bedutilh.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
-in #ISMEComms
with @bedutilh.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems - Nature Microbiology
Proximity-ligation-based sequencing from 111 samples and 5 environments reveals that a substantial proportion of phages infect multiple species.
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.
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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
🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026
📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France
👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025
#virus #phage #ISVC2026
ISVC2026
International 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…
soilmicrobes.fr
September 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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A really great review written by @simrouxvirus.bsky.social and Clement Coclet on the state of the field of viromics and viral ecology. Well worth a look, and provides a solid reading list for those entering the field wanting more background on how it has developed and what tools are available.
New online! Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes
Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes
Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 21 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00871-wIn this Review, Roux and Coclet outline current viromics approaches and discuss how they have contributed to our growing understanding of viral genomic diversity, focusing on uncultivated viruses of microorganisms.
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A really great review written by @simrouxvirus.bsky.social and Clement Coclet on the state of the field of viromics and viral ecology. Well worth a look, and provides a solid reading list for those entering the field wanting more background on how it has developed and what tools are available.
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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.
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.
April 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📣 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.
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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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
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
Beneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecology
Soil 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…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
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
Happy to see this work published (last chapter of my PhD thesis😊)! We investigated the taxonomic and functional divergence in soybean rhizosphere microbiome (bacteria and viruses🦠) during Cadmium-polluted soil remediation through soil amendment!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Uncovering soil amendment-induced genomic and functional divergence in soybean rhizosphere microbiomes during cadmium-contaminated soil remediation: Novel insights from field multi-omics
Soil amendments exhibit great potential in reducing cadmium (Cd) bioavailability and its accumulation in crop grains, but their practical implications…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy to see this work published (last chapter of my PhD thesis😊)! We investigated the taxonomic and functional divergence in soybean rhizosphere microbiome (bacteria and viruses🦠) during Cadmium-polluted soil remediation through soil amendment!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Yet another reminder that RNA levels are not necessarily predictive of growth rate in mixed microbial communities (from this paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...)
January 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yet another reminder that RNA levels are not necessarily predictive of growth rate in mixed microbial communities (from this paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...)
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New lab paper alert: Presenting "Prophage-DB", a database of prophages mined from public databases along with metadata. environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Prophage-DB: a comprehensive database to explore diversity, distribution, and ecology of prophages - Environmental Microbiome
Background Viruses that infect prokaryotes (phages) constitute the most abundant group of biological agents, playing pivotal roles in microbial systems. They are known to impact microbial community dy...
environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
New lab paper alert: Presenting "Prophage-DB", a database of prophages mined from public databases along with metadata. environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Interested in discovering new viruses from soil that may be affecting global carbon sequestration? Apply for a PhD position with me at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg! Our group is very international, supportive and friendly. Applications due by February 1st 2025.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
Discovery and physiology of soil viruses
phd.tech.au.dk
December 3, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Interested in discovering new viruses from soil that may be affecting global carbon sequestration? Apply for a PhD position with me at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg! Our group is very international, supportive and friendly. Applications due by February 1st 2025.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
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New paper alert: Our 20-year study of viral ecology and evolution reveals viral roles in microbial dynamics, phage genome evolution over time, and key interactions with hosts. A big thank you to our awesome collaborators @quendi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unravelling viral ecology and evolution over 20 years in a freshwater lake - Nature Microbiology
A long-term metagenomic time series reveals how viruses impact diversity, ecological dynamics and evolution of freshwater microbiomes.
www.nature.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New paper alert: Our 20-year study of viral ecology and evolution reveals viral roles in microbial dynamics, phage genome evolution over time, and key interactions with hosts. A big thank you to our awesome collaborators @quendi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Engineering microbiomes for enhanced bioremediation journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #jcampubs
Engineering microbiomes for enhanced bioremediation
Bioremediation using synthetic microbiomes offers significant advantages over traditional single‐strain‐based approaches. In this Perspective, the authors outline five important considerations for the...
journals.plos.org
December 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Engineering microbiomes for enhanced bioremediation journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #jcampubs
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It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Microbial trait multifunctionality drives soil organic matter formation potential www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Microbial trait multifunctionality drives soil organic matter formation potential - Nature Communications
Soil microbes contribute to soil organic matter. Here, the authors explore how microbial traits contribute to organic matter accumulation, finding that synergies among fungal traits promote soil organ...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Microbial trait multifunctionality drives soil organic matter formation potential www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Super enjoyable lunch! Now we can simply touch the phone to the sticker on the table to order food and pay using NFC! 😋
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Super enjoyable lunch! Now we can simply touch the phone to the sticker on the table to order food and pay using NFC! 😋
First post here! It has been such a great and impressive year here in #lyon! Huge thanks to @Graeme and @Christina for hosting me and taking me exploring the adventurous world of soil methanotroph viruses. Hope to see you all again soon @EMG_Lyon !
November 22, 2024 at 12:25 PM
First post here! It has been such a great and impressive year here in #lyon! Huge thanks to @Graeme and @Christina for hosting me and taking me exploring the adventurous world of soil methanotroph viruses. Hope to see you all again soon @EMG_Lyon !