We commonly acknowledge that bacterial viruses (phages) shape the composition and
evolution of bacterial communities in nature and therefore have important roles in ecosystem …

Biogeography is the study of species distribution and diversity within an ecosystem and is at
the core of how we understand ecosystem dynamics and interactions at the macroscale. In …

Bacteriophages (phages) are often described as obligate predators of their bacterial hosts,
and phage predation is one of the leading forces controlling the density and distribution of …

The gut microbiome lies at the intersection between the environment and the host, with the
ability to modify host responses to disease-relevant exposures and stimuli. This is evident in …

Predicting bacteriophage infection of specific bacterial strains promises advancements in
phage therapy and microbial ecology. Whether the dynamics of well-established phage …

Human microbiomes are essential to health throughout the lifespan and are increasingly
recognized and studied for their roles in metabolic, immunological and neurological …

There is significant interest in altering the course of cardiometabolic disease development
via gut microbiomes. Nevertheless, the highly abundant phage members of the complex gut …

What enables strains of the same species to coexist in a microbiome? Here, we investigate
whether host anatomy can explain strain co-residence of Cutibacterium acnes, the most …

The mammalian virome has been linked to health and disease but our understanding of how
it is structured along the longitudinal axis of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and …

Viruses of bacteria (bacteriophages or phage) have broad effects on bacterial ecology and
evolution in nature that mediate microbial interactions, shape bacterial diversity, and …