Gut Bacteriophage: Current Understanding and Challenges

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Sutton, Thomas D S ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; microbiome; microbiota; phage host interactions; virome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 85076910640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00784     Document Type: Review

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