Evolution on the inside track: Study shows how viruses in gut bacteria change over time
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Humans are far more than merely the sum total of all the cells that form the organs and tissues. The digestive tract is also home to a vast colony of bacteria of all varieties, as well as the myriad viruses that prey upon them. Because the types of bacteria carried inside the body vary from person to person, so does this viral population, known as the virome.