The human body hosts vast microbial communities, termed the microbiome. Less well
known is the fact that the human body also hosts vast numbers of different viruses …

The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has expanded our ability to
detect and analyze microbial genomes and has yielded novel molecular approaches for …

Investigators have long suspected that pathogenic microbes might contribute to the onset
and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) although definitive evidence has not been …

Background Identifying viral sequences in mixed metagenomes containing both viral and
host contigs is a critical first step in analyzing the viral component of samples. Current tools …

Background The recent development of metagenomic sequencing makes it possible to
massively sequence microbial genomes including viral genomes without the need for …

Background The human virome consists of animal‐cell viruses causing transient infections,
bacteriophage (phage) predators of bacteria and archaea, endogenous retroviruses and …

Gut microbiota refers to a complex network of microbes, which exerts a marked influence on
the host's health. It is composed of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and helminths. Bacteria, or …

The human gut virome includes a diverse collection of viruses that infect our own cells as
well as other commensal organisms, directly impacting on our well-being. Despite its …

The virome is comprised of endogenous retroviruses, eukaryotic viruses, and
bacteriophages and is increasingly being recognized as an essential part of the human …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal disease that occurs primarily in
premature infants. We performed genome-resolved metagenomic analysis of 1163 fecal …