You’ve probably heard of the microbiome — the hordes of bacteria and other tiny life forms that live in our guts. Well, it turns out those bacteria have viruses that exist in and around them — with important consequences for both them and us.

Meet the phageome.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/the-phageome-viruses-that-infect-bacteria

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