Soil viruses: Understudied agents of soil ecology

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Janet K Jansson. Environ Microbiol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;25(1):143-146.

doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16258. Epub 2022 Nov 5.

¹ Department of Biosciences, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

J.K.J. has no conflicts of interest.

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