Fig. 2: Ancient phage genomes from palaeofaeces are related to currently known mammalian-gut-associated viruses. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Ancient phage genomes from palaeofaeces are related to currently known mammalian-gut-associated viruses.

From: Ultraconserved bacteriophage genome sequence identified in 1300-year-old human palaeofaeces

Fig. 2: Ancient phage genomes from palaeofaeces are related to currently known mammalian-gut-associated viruses.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a vContact2 gene-sharing network28 of 151 ancient metagenomic gut virus (aMGV) genomes (red circles), 2198 selected close relatives from the IMG/VR database, and 3655 prokaryotic viruses classified by the International Committee of Virus Taxonomy. Distantly related aMGVs (n = 147) were outliers and not included in the gene-sharing network. b Waffle charts represent the proportion of contemporary viruses categorised by ecosystems in two data sets: clusters comprising aMGVs (left) and the entire IMG/VR database. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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