• Soil carbon cycling
• Soil virus ecology
• Rhizosphere microbial interactions

Although root exudates are recognized as key drivers of rhizosphere priming, the role of bacteriophage–bacteria interactions in regulating this process remains poorly understood. By combining synthetic bacterial communities (SynComs) with ¹³C isotope tracing, we aim to investigate how phage-mediated bacterial lysis and community dynamics influence the direction and magnitude of rhizosphere priming and the fate of root-exudate-derived carbon, thereby affecting soil organic carbon turnover.

Ruoyi Xu, Tida Ge, Yuchuan Fan, Lu Yang, Ying Zhang, Siqin Han, Mark Radosevich, Xiaolong Liang, Mitomycin C-induced prophage activation for exploring the Lysogeny-lysis functional dynamics in situ, Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 215,2025,106436,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106436.

Yujun Zhong, Yingyue Zhang, José Luis López Arcondo, Ruoyi Xu, Mark Radosevich, Jeffery L. Dangl, Bas E. Dutilh, Xiaolong Liang, Prophage induction drives soybean rhizobacterial community differentiation and nutrient cycling benefiting root development, ISME Communications, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2025, ycaf203, doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf203