Research interests

My research interests lie at the intersection of soil zoology, trophic ecology of invertebrates, microbiology, and virology. The main objects of my research are microbial communities and viromes of soil invertebrates, their habitats and food resources. I have particular interest in the links between the taxonomic and functional composition of such microbial communities to invertebrate traits: their feeding types and social groups (families and castes). My current work is focused on studying viral diversity and distribution across soil food webs.

Selected publications

1. Potapov, A.M., Semenyuk, I., Bluhm, S.L., Krashevska, V., Kudrin, A., Migunova, V., Pollierer, M.M., Rozanova, O., Tsurikov, S.M., Zhou, Z., Zuev, A.G., Zueva, A.I., Scheu, S., Tiunov, A.V. (2026). Energy and biomass distribution in soil food webs of temperate and tropical forests. Nature Communications, 17, 417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-68083-8

2. Zuev, A.G., Hauer, A., Angst, G., Chatzinotas, A., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Jurburg, S.D., Lillipuu, E.M., Öpik, M., Vasar, M., Zhang, A., Zueva, A.I., Potapov, A. (2025). Rapid allocation of freshly added organic nitrogen to particulate organic matter in ectomycorrhiza-but not arbuscular mycorrhiza-dominated forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 109999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109999

3. Leonov, V.D., Zuev, A.G., Zueva, A.I., Sotnikov, I.V., Tiunov, A.V. (2025). Exposure to mm-scale microplastic particles does not cause weight loss in two earthworm species belonging to different ecological groups. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36357-9

4. Zuev, A.G., Gruzdev, I.V., Potapov, A.M., Schaefer, I., Scheu, S., Tiunov, A.V., Van Thinh, N., Zueva, A.I. (2024). Assessing extraradical mycelium of mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests using armored in-growth mesh bags. Pedobiologia, 106, 150989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.150989

5. Zueva, A.I., Zuev, A.G., Litov, A.G., Karganova, G.G., Tiunov, A.V. (2024). Viruses of ants and termites: a review. Insectes Sociaux, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-01008-8

6. Efeykin, B.D., Semenyuk, I.I., Zueva, A.I. (2022). Mermithid nematode (Mermithoidea) – a parasite of lichen-eating termites in Vietnam. Russian Journal of Nematology, 30(2), 147-149. https://doi: 10.24412/0869-6918-2022-2-147-149

7. Zuev, A.G., Zueva, A.I. (2022). Stable Isotope Fractionation (13C/12C and 15N/14N) in Macromycetes of the Oligotrophic Upland Swamp Starosel’skii Mokh. Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin, 77(4), 271-276. https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147687422040147

8. Zuev, A.G., Akulova, A.Y., Zueva, A.I. (2022). Soil Defaunation in Field Experiments with the Use of Cypermethrin and Its Effect on the Production of Mycelium of Mycorrhizal Fungi. Russian Journal of Ecology, 53(5), 373-380. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413622050125

9. Litov, A.G., Zueva, A.I., Tiunov, A.V., Van Thinh, N., Belyaeva, N.V., Karganova, G. G. (2022). Virome of three termite species from southern Vietnam. Viruses, 14(5), 860. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050860

10. Zueva, A.I., Kachalkin, A.V., Maksimova, I.A., Van Thinh, N., Tiunov, A.V. (2021). Properties of the yeast communities associated with termites of a tropical monsoon forest: Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. Microbiology, 90, 489-499. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261721040172

11. Zhelezova, A.D., Zverev, A.O., Zueva, A.I., Leonov, V.D., Rozanova, O.L., Zuev, A.G., Tiunov, A.V. (2021). Prokaryotic community formation on polyethylene films incubated for six months in a tropical soil. Environmental Pollution, 269, 116126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116126

12. Glushakova, A., Maksimova, I., Morozova, A., Kachalkin, A. (2019). Distribution features of yeasts in soils of South Vietnam (case study of the biogeocenoses of the National Park Cát Tiên). In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 368, No. 1, p. 012012). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/368/1/012012