MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Diversity-generating retroelements enable phages to expand their host range in the human gut.
Patrick de jonge, Michele Zuppi, David Kuida…·Hilde Herrema
The paper tracks phage-host interactions in the human gut and finds that DGR-encoding phages interact with multiple bacterial species and show increased nucleotide diversity in their receptor-binding proteins.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763091