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Open AccessCommon antibiotics, azithromycin and amoxicillin, affect gut metagenomics within a household
The microbiome of the human gut serves a role in a number of physiological processes, but can be altered through effects of age, diet, and disturbances such as antibiotics. Several studies have demonstrated th...
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Open AccessDistribution of soil viruses across China and their potential role in phosphorous metabolism
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale. Our understanding of biogeography of soil viruses and their ecological functions lags signifi...
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Open AccessA diversity-generating retroelement encoded by a globally ubiquitous Bacteroides phage
Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) are genetic cassettes that selectively mutate target genes to produce hypervariable proteins. First characterized in Bordetella bacteriophage BPP-1, the DGR creates a hyp...