Studying the gut virome in the metagenomic era: challenges and perspectives

S Garmaeva, T Sinha, A Kurilshikov, J Fu, C Wijmenga… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
The human gut harbors a complex ecosystem of microorganisms, including bacteria and
viruses. With the rise of next-generation sequencing technologies, we have seen a quantum …

Host-hijacking and planktonic piracy: how phages command the microbial high seas

J Warwick-Dugdale, HH Buchholz, MJ Allen… - Virology journal, 2019 - Springer
Microbial communities living in the oceans are major drivers of global biogeochemical
cycles. With nutrients limited across vast swathes of the ocean, marine microbes eke out a …

Parasite microbiome project: grand challenges

NM Dheilly, J Martínez Martínez, K Rosario… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The first Parasite Microbiome Project (PMP) Workshop (January 9–14, 2019, Clearwater,
Florida, United States) hosted researchers from across continents and disciplines to lay the …

Charting the diversity of uncultured viruses of Archaea and Bacteria

FH Coutinho, RA Edwards, F Rodríguez-Valera - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Viruses of Archaea and Bacteria are among the most abundant and
diverse biological entities on Earth. Unraveling their biodiversity has been challenging due …