Article
Acquisition, transmission and strain diversity of human gut-colonizing crAss-like phages.
Nature communications - 15 Jan 2020
Siranosian Benjamin A, Tamburini Fiona B, Sherlock Gavin, Bhatt Ami S
Abstract excerpt
CrAss-like phages are double-stranded DNA viruses that are prevalent in human gut microbiomes. Here, we analyze gut metagenomic data from mother-infant pairs and patients undergoing fecal microbiota transplantation to evaluate the patterns of acquisition, transmission and strain diversity of crAss-like phages. We find that crAss-like phages are rarely detected at birth but are increasingly prevalent in the infant...
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