Viroplant Project - Microcosm studies on the effect of bacteriophages used as plant protection products on soil microbial communities

This file contains the description, data and DNA analyses on the effect of bacteriophages with a potential to be used as plant protecction products on the structure and function of soil microbial communities. The objective was to evaluate two different microcsom incubation systems with phages and microbial cells from soil, or soil itself and to analyses in a time dependent manner how the phages affect the natural soil microbiomes. The microbial communities were quantified with qPCR and their diversity analyzed with PCR amplified 16S rRNA gene sequences. Bioinformatic analyses were used to evaluate microbial community responses