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bacteria species living in the human gut makes sense to me. But what does it mean for a virus species to be located in the human gut? constantly reinfecting ne
by fsckboy 6y ago
bacteria species living in the human gut makes sense to me.
But what does it mean for a virus species to be located in the human gut? constantly reinfecting new stomach cells as they are generated? infecting the bacteria in the gut?
edit: I saw another comment recommending "I Contain Multitudes" so I figured I search it for "virus" (thanks libgen) and found this:
"There are viruses too, in unfathomable numbers – a “virome” that infects all the other microbes and occasionally the host’s cells."
- retrac 6y agoAs the article says, they're bacteriophages, viruses which primarily infect the bacteria.