We live in a world dominated by microorganisms. They existed on earth long before the first multicellular organisms came into being. As part of a metaorganism, i.e. the community of a complex living being with colonizing microorganisms, they remain a central component of life on our planet today and are of great importance for the health of humans, animals and plants. This microbial colonization of a living being, known as the microbiome, also includes various viruses. In the case of viruses associated with humans, these are mostly phages found in the intestine, which are viruses that infect bacteria. An international research team, with the participation of Kiel University, investigated the origins of phage communities in the human intestine.
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Source: Phys.org