ΦCrAss001 represents the most abundant bacteriophage family in the human gut and infects Bacteroides intestinalis
Bacteriophages of the crAssphage family have not yet been isolated, despite being highly abundant in the human gut. Here, Shkoporov et al. isolate in pure culture one of these viruses and show that it infects the human gut symbiont Bacteroides intestinalis.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07225-7 |