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Interest in the human intestinal microbiota has intensified in recent years, but research has been largely focused on bacteriology. This month's Genome Watch reviews a recent metagenomics study that instead aims to better characterize the viruses that inhabit our guts.
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Walker, A. Gut metagenomics goes viral. Nat Rev Microbiol 8, 841 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2476
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