Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …

This article summarises the activities of the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee of the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses for the period of March 2021− March 2022 …

Wastewater surveillance for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) RNA can be integrated with COVID-19 case data to inform timely pandemic response …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) emerged during the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic as a scalable and broadly applicable method for community-level …

Municipal wastewater provides an integrated sample of a diversity of human-associated
microbes across a sewershed, including viruses. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is …

Microbiomes feature complex interactions between diverse bacteria and bacteriophages.
Synthetic microbiomes offer a powerful way to study these interactions; however, a major …

Gut viruses are important, yet often neglected, players in the complex human gut microbial
ecosystem. Recently, the number of human gut virome studies has been increasing; …

The human oral cavity is a hotspot of numerous, mostly unexplored, viruses that are
important for maintaining oral health and microbiome homeostasis. Here, we analyzed …

Bacteriophages are abundant members of all microbiomes studied to date, influencing
microbial communities through interactions with their bacterial hosts. Despite their functional …

Municipal wastewater provides a representative sample of human fecal waste across a
catchment area and contains a wide diversity of microbes. Sequencing wastewater samples …