Summary
Project Summary/Abstract Metagenomics sequencing is increasingly becoming important for human microbiome research. Human microbiomes comprise a rich ecosystem of beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms and bacteriophages that can influence human health. Yet, bacteriophages remain poorly studied because most bacteriophages cannot be isolated in a laboratory. As a result, cultivation-independent omics approaches such as metagenomics are emerging as important tools for studying bacteriophages directly from mixed communities. However, a significant challenge in virology is the relative absence of
