Thousands of previously unknown phages discovered in whole-community human gut metagenomes
S. Benler, N. Yutin, D. Antipov, M. Raykov, S. A. Shmakov, A. B. Gussow, P. A. Pevzner, E. V. Koonin
The paper identifies 3,738 new phage genomes from human gut metagenomes, classifying them into three new candidate families and revealing novel phage-host interaction mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2020Microbiology