ΦCrAss001 represents the most abundant bacteriophage family in the human gut and infects Bacteroides intestinalis

Andrey N. Shkoporov; Ekaterina V. Khokhlova; C. Brian Fitzgerald; Stephen R. Stockdale; Lorraine A. Draper; R. Paul Ross; Colin Hill

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07225-7

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

ΦCrAss001 represents the most abundant bacteriophage family in the human gut and infects Bacteroides intestinalis

Andrey N. Shkoporov,
Ekaterina V. Khokhlova,
C. Brian Fitzgerald,
Stephen R. Stockdale,
Lorraine A. Draper,
R. Paul Ross,
Colin Hill

Affiliations

Andrey N. Shkoporov: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Ekaterina V. Khokhlova: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
C. Brian Fitzgerald: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Stephen R. Stockdale: Department of Food Biosciences, Teagasc Food Research Centre Moorepark
Lorraine A. Draper: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
R. Paul Ross: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Colin Hill: APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07225-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Bacteriophages of the crAssphage family have not yet been isolated, despite being highly abundant in the human gut. Here, Shkoporov et al. isolate in pure culture one of these viruses and show that it infects the human gut symbiont Bacteroides intestinalis.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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