Thousands of previously unknown phages discovered in whole-community human gut metagenomes
Abstract Background Double-stranded DNA bacteriophages (dsDNA phages) play pivotal roles in structuring human gut microbiomes; yet, the gut virome is far from being fully characterized, and additional groups of phages, including highly abundant ones, continue to be discovered by metagenome mining. A...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01017-w |