The human gut microbiota and virome: Potential therapeutic implications

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1007-1012

  Scarpellini, Emidio ^a   Ianiro, Gianluca ^b   Attili, Fabia ^b   Bassanelli, Chiara ^a   De Santis, Adriano ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Giant virus; Gut microbiota; Gut virome; Microviridae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84983212613     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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