GuFi phages represent the most prevalent viral family-level clusters in the human gut microbiome
Hanrong Chen, Andrew Ting, Indrik Wijaya, Xin A Tang, Yue Yuan On, Jean-Sébastien Gounot, Windsor Koh, Ivan Liachko, Yik-Ying Teo, Henning Seedorf, Kun Qu, Niranjan Nagarajan
The paper identifies GuFi phages as prevalent gut viral families using long-read sequencing and shows their broad host ranges and underappreciated impact on the microbiome.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology