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SUBMITTER: Duerkop BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112176 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duerkop Breck A BA Kleiner Manuel M Paez-Espino David D Zhu Wenhan W Bushnell Brian B Hassell Brian B Winter Sebastian E SE Kyrpides Nikos C NC Hooper Lora V LV
Nature microbiology 20180723 9
The dysregulation of intestinal microbial communities is associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Studies aimed at understanding the contribution of the microbiota to inflammatory diseases have primarily focused on bacteria, yet the intestine harbours a viral component dominated by prokaryotic viruses known as bacteriophages (phages). Phage numbers are elevated at the intestinal mucosal surface and phages increase in abundance during IBD, suggesting that phages play an unidentified rol ...[more]