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

Recent advances in viral metagenomics have enabled the rapid discovery of an
unprecedented catalogue of phages in numerous environments, from the human gut to the …

Identifying and characterizing mobile genetic elements in sequencing data is essential for
understanding their diversity, ecology, biotechnological applications and impact on public …

Background Viruses are a significant player in many biosphere and human ecosystems, but
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …

The reconstruction of bacterial and archaeal genomes from shotgun metagenomes has
enabled insights into the ecology and evolution of environmental and host-associated …

Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago.
Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have …

Viruses are widely recognized as critical members of all microbiomes. Metagenomics
enables large-scale exploration of the global virosphere, progressively revealing the …

Bacteria are under immense evolutionary pressure from their viral invaders—
bacteriophages. Bacteria have evolved numerous immune mechanisms, both innate and …

Viruses are integral components of all ecosystems and microbiomes on Earth. Through
pervasive infections of their cellular hosts, viruses can reshape microbial community …

The gut microbiome is shaped through infancy and impacts the maturation of the immune
system, thus protecting against chronic disease later in life. Phages, or viruses that infect …