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40-year gut virus mystery solved: it infects bacteria
Original: 40-year mystery solved: Common gut virus infects bacteria, not human cells
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine report that a common virus long found in the human gut does not infect human cells but instead targets bacteria living in the intestine. The finding resolves a question that has puzzled scientists for about four decades, with implications for how gut viruses, the microbiome, and gut health are studied and understood.
Why now: A long-standing scientific puzzle about a widespread human gut virus has finally been answered.
Washington University School of Medicinehuman gut microbiome
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