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Viruses that exclusively infect bacteria. Bacteriophages -- phages for short -- are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, outnumbering bacteria in most environments by ratios of 1:1 to 10:1. In the human gut, the phageome represents a powerful but underexplore…
The virome is the collection of all viruses inhabiting a given ecosystem -- in the gut, this means primarily bacteriophages (phages), which constitute ~90% of the intestinal virome. While microbiome research has historically focused on bacteria, mounting evidence shows …