| Range |
≥1E+9 virus-like particles/gram
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Minot S, Bryson A, Chehoud C, Wu GD, Lewis JD, Bushman FD. Rapid evolution of the human gut virome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 23 110(30):12450-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300833110. p.12450 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID23836644
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| Primary Source |
[1] Rohwer F (2003) Global phage diversity. Cell 113(2):141. [2] Schoenfeld T, et al. (2010) Functional viral metagenomics and the next generation of molecular tools. Trends Microbiol 18(1):20–29. [3] Suttle CA (2005) Viruses in the sea. Nature 437(7057):356–361.PubMed ID12705861, 19896852, 16163346
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| Comments |
"There are an estimated 10^31 viral particles on earth, and human
feces contain at least 10^9 virus-like particles per gram (primary sources).
Many of these are identifiable as viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages),
but the great majority remains unidentified." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110707 |