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 …

Bacteriophages drive evolutionary change in bacterial communities by creating gene flow
networks that fuel ecological adaptions. However, the extent of viral diversity and its …

Metagenomics, or sequencing of the genetic material from a complete microbial community,
is a promising tool to discover novel microbes and viruses. Viral metagenomes typically …

Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) have a key role in shaping the development and
functional outputs of host microbiomes. Although metagenomic approaches have greatly …

Bacteriophages have key roles in microbial communities, to a large extent shaping the
taxonomic and functional composition of the microbiome, but data on the connections …

Recent years have been marked by the growing interest towards virulent and temperate
bacteriophage populations inhabiting the human lower gastrointestinal tract–the gut …

Our emerging view of the gut microbiome largely focuses on bacteria, while less is known
about other microbial components, such as bacteriophages (phages). Though phages are …

Bacteriophages have important roles in the ecology of the human gut microbiome but are
under-represented in reference databases. To address this problem, we assembled the …

Background Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that
replicate along with giant viruses and co-infect eukaryotic cells. Due to the paucity of …

The human gut is a complex environment that contains a multitude of microorganisms that
are collectively termed the microbiome. Multiple factors have a role to play in driving the …