The gut microbiome is widely accepted to have a significant impact on human health yet,
despite years of research on this complex ecosystem, the contributions of different forces …

Viruses are the most abundant and the most diverse life form. In this meta-analysis we
estimate that there are 4.80× 1031 phages on Earth. Further, 97% of viruses are in soil and …

The human gut virome is thought to significantly impact the microbiome and human health.
However, most virome analyses have been performed on a limited fraction of known viruses …

While metagenomics has emerged as a technology of choice for analyzing bacterial
populations, the assembly of metagenomic data remains challenging, thus stifling biological …

Background Viral metagenomics (viromics) is increasingly used to obtain uncultivated viral
genomes, evaluate community diversity, and assess ecological hypotheses. While viromic …

Despite the accelerating number of uncultivated virus sequences discovered in
metagenomics and their apparent importance for health and disease, the human gut virome …

Background The viral component of microbial communities plays a vital role in driving
bacterial diversity, facilitating nutrient turnover and shaping community composition. Despite …

Recent research has underscored the immense diversity and key biogeochemical roles of
large DNA viruses in the ocean. Although they are important constituents of marine …

A growing body of evidence suggests that the gut microbiota contributes to the development
of neurodegenerative diseases via the microbiota-gut-brain axis. As a contributing factor …

Virome research is a rapidly growing area in the microbiome field that is increasingly
associated with human diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Although …