ReviewTrends in microbiology2018
Close Encounters of Three Kinds: Bacteriophages, Commensal Bacteria, and Host Immunity.
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- Disrupted Gut Viral-Bacterial Ecology of Patients With Liver Cirrhosis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026Article
- Higher Temperature and Host Age Alter Infection Outcomes in a Multi-Pathogen System.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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- Alterations in the fecal virome and bacteriome-virome interplay in IPAH.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- Reducing eukaryotic viruses while preserving the phageome to achieve a safer virome for fecal virome transplantation.Poultry science · 2026Article
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- The Human Virome in Infectious Diseases: Insights from Chronic and Acute Infections Across Body Sites-A Narrative Review.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Harnessing phages in the age of antibiotic resistance: immunological perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Exploring the effects of faecal microbiota transplantation on cognitive function: A review of clinical trials.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Review
- Metagenome-based characterization of the gut virome in patients with schizophrenia.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of 66 Bacteriophages Infecting Morganella morganii Strains.Current microbiology · 2025Article
- Viruses and neurodegeneration: a growing concern.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
- The gut and circulating virome: emerging players in aging and longevity.Frontiers in aging · 2025Review
- Human-derived fecal virome transplantation (FVT) reshapes the murine gut microbiota and virome, enhancing glucose regulation.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Bacteriophages for ControllingAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Active prophages in coral-associated Halomonas capable of lateral transduction.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Lytic/Lysogenic Transition as a Life-History Switch.Virus evolution · 2024Article
- Gut microbiota in cancer: insights on microbial metabolites and therapeutic strategies.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of interest in the human microbiota. Although commensal bacteria have dominated research efforts to date, mounting evidence suggests that endogenous viral populations (the 'virome') play key roles in basic human physiology. The most numerous constituents of the human virome are not eukaryotic viruses but rather bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Here, we review phages' interactions with their immediate (prokaryotic) and extended (eukaryotic) hosts and with each other, with a particular emphasis on the temperate phages and prophages which dominate the human virome. We also discuss key outstanding questions in this emerging field and emphasize the urgent need for functional studies in animal models to complement previous in vitro work and current computational approaches.
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