Genetic variation in human gut viruses could be raw material for inner evolution
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
A growing body of evidence underscores the importance of human gut bacteria in modulating human health, metabolism, and disease. Yet bacteria are only part of the story. Viruses that infect those bacteria also shape who we are. A new study sequenced the DNA of viruses -- the virome -- present in the gut of healthy people.