Fig. 5: Viral auxiliary metabolic genes (AMG) on host metabolism.

a Auxiliary metabolic categories identified in virome bacteriophage contigs, with amino acid metabolism representing the highest proportion of overall AMGs in the assembled bacteriophage dataset. b Diversity and richness of AMGs in IBS with and without psychiatric comorbidities. c Volcano plot of AMG showing differential abundance between HC and IBS patients with psychiatric comorbidities.