Viriome

The viriome of a habitat or environment is the total virus content within it.[1] A viriome may relate to the viruses that inhabit a multicellular organism as well as the phages that are residing inside bacteria and archaea.

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References

  1. ↑ Hugenholtz, Philip; Tyson, Gene W. (2008). "Microbiology: Metagenomics". Nature 455 (7212): 481–483. doi:10.1038/455481a. ISSN 0028-0836.
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