CrAss-like phages (crassviruses) are an order of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) that represent the most abundant viruses in the human gut, discovered in 2014 by cross assembling reads in human fecal metagenomes. In silico comparative genomics and taxonomic analysis have found that crAss-like phages represent a highly abundant and diverse family of viruses.
CrAss-like phages (crassviruses) are an order of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) that represent the most abundant viruses in the human gut, discovered in 2014 by cross assembling reads in human fecal metagenomes. In silico comparative genomics and taxonomic analysis have found that crAss-like phages represent a highly abundant and diverse family of viruses.
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