Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Gut virome profiling identifies a widespread bacteriophage family associated with metabolic syndrome

  • Patrick A. de Jonge,
  • Koen Wortelboer,
  • Torsten P. M. Scheithauer,
  • Bert-Jan H. van den Born,
  • Aeilko H. Zwinderman,
  • Franklin L. Nobrega,
  • Bas E. Dutilh,
  • Max Nieuwdorp,
  • Hilde Herrema

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31390-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Here, the authors characterize gut viromes in a cohort of individuals with metabolic syndrome, which they find associated with a highly widespread family of gut bacteriophages they name Candidatus Heliusviridae.