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SUBMITTER: Minot S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3202279 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Minot Samuel S Sinha Rohini R Chen Jun J Li Hongzhe H Keilbaugh Sue A SA Wu Gary D GD Lewis James D JD Bushman Frederic D FD
Genome research 20110831 10
Immense populations of viruses are present in the human gut and other body sites. Understanding the role of these populations (the human "virome") in health and disease requires a much deeper understanding of their composition and dynamics in the face of environmental perturbation. Here, we investigate viromes from human subjects on a controlled feeding regimen. Longitudinal fecal samples were analyzed by metagenomic sequencing of DNA from virus-like particles (VLP) and total microbial communiti ...[more]