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Genome signature-based dissection of human gut metagenomes to extract subliminal viral sequences

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  • Lesley A. Ogilvie

    (Centre for Biomedical and Health Science Research, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton)

  • Lucas D. Bowler

    (Centre for Biomedical and Health Science Research, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton)

  • Jonathan Caplin

    (School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton)

  • Cinzia Dedi

    (Centre for Biomedical and Health Science Research, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton)

  • David Diston

    (School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton
    Present address: Mikrobiologische and Biotechnologische Risiken Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG, 3003 Bern, Switzerland)

  • Elizabeth Cheek

    (School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton)

  • Huw Taylor

    (School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton)

  • James E. Ebdon

    (School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton)

  • Brian V. Jones

    (Centre for Biomedical and Health Science Research, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton)

Abstract

Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) have a key role in shaping the development and functional outputs of host microbiomes. Although metagenomic approaches have greatly expanded our understanding of the prokaryotic virosphere, additional tools are required for the phage-oriented dissection of metagenomic data sets, and host-range affiliation of recovered sequences. Here we demonstrate the application of a genome signature-based approach to interrogate conventional whole-community metagenomes and access subliminal, phylogenetically targeted, phage sequences present within. We describe a portion of the biological dark matter extant in the human gut virome, and bring to light a population of potentially gut-specific Bacteroidales-like phage, poorly represented in existing virus like particle-derived viral metagenomes. These predominantly temperate phage were shown to encode functions of direct relevance to human health in the form of antibiotic resistance genes, and provided evidence for the existence of putative ‘viral-enterotypes’ among this fraction of the human gut virome.

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  • Lesley A. Ogilvie & Lucas D. Bowler & Jonathan Caplin & Cinzia Dedi & David Diston & Elizabeth Cheek & Huw Taylor & James E. Ebdon & Brian V. Jones, 2013. "Genome signature-based dissection of human gut metagenomes to extract subliminal viral sequences," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3420
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3420
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    1. Yuxuan Du & Jed A. Fuhrman & Fengzhu Sun, 2023. "ViralCC retrieves complete viral genomes and virus-host pairs from metagenomic Hi-C data," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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