The human gut virome: A multifaceted majority

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Ogilvie, Lesley A ^a,b   Jones, Brian V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALACRIS THERANOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Dysbiosis; Human gut microbiome; Metagenomics; Phage encoded functions; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CROHN DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; GUT VIROME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 84946740229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00918     Document Type: Review

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