crAssphage abundance and genomic selective pressure correlate with altered bacterial abundance in the fecal microbiota of South African mother-infant dyads
B. P. Brown, J. Wendoh, D. Chopera, E. Havyarimana, S. Z. Jaumdally, D. D. Nyangahu, C. Gray, D. P. Martin, A. Varsani, H. B. Jaspan
The paper investigates crAssphage transmission and genomic evolution in South African mother-infant dyads, finding evidence of vertical transmission and positive selection in phage genes correlated with bacterial abundance.
bioRxiv · Mar 19, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology