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Chemolithoautotrophic nitrifiers are model groups for linking phylogeny, evolution, and ecophysiology. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) typically dominate the first step of ammonia oxidation at high ammonium supply rates, ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and complete ammonia-oxidizing Nitrospira (comammox) are often active at lower supply rates or during AOB inactivity, and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) complete canonical nitrification. Soil virus communities are dynamic but contributions to functional processes are largely undetermined. In addition, characterizing viruses infecting hosts with low relative abundance, such as nitrifiers, may be constrained by vast viral diversity, partial genome recovery, and difficulties in host linkage. Here, we describe a targeted incubation study that aimed to determine whether growth of different nitrifier groups in soil is associated with active virus populations and if process-focused analyses facilitate characterization of high-quality virus genomes. dsDNA viruses infecting different nitrifier groups were enriched in situ via differential host inhibition. Growth of each nitrifier group was consistent with predicted inhibition profiles and concomitant with the abundance of their viruses. These included 61 high-quality/complete virus genomes 35-173 kb in length with minimal similarity to validated families. AOA viruses lacked ammonia monooxygenase sub-unit C (amoC) genes found in marine AOA viruses but some encoded AOA-specific multicopper oxidase type 1 (MCO1), previously implicated in copper acquisition, and suggesting a role in supporting energy metabolism of soil AOA. Findings demonstrate focused incubation studies facilitate characterization of active host-virus interactions associated with specific processes and viruses of soil AOA, AOB, and NOB are dynamic and potentially influence nitrogen cycling processes.
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