Prodigious Prevotella phages

Robert A. Edwards

doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0419-4

Prodigious Prevotella phages

Robert A. Edwards

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Abstract

Megaphages, the largest phage genomes sequenced to date, are abundant in faecal microbiomes from humans, baboons and pigs, leading us to question whether there is an upper limit to the size of viruses relative to their hosts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	550-551
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Microbiology
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0419-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes

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