Antibiotic perturbation of the human gut phageome preserves its individuality and promotes blooms of virulent phages.
Eugen Pfeifer, Camille d’Humières, Quentin Lamy-Besnier…·the PrediRes study group
This study examines how antibiotic treatment affects the gut phageome, finding reduced diversity and increased virulent phage blooms, which may help restore bacterial diversity through kill-the-winner dynamics.