We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo - 92% were previously unknown to science

There has recently been much interest in the human gut microbiome. Image: Unsplash/Ava Sol
Soo Jen Low
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Philip Hugenholtz
Professor of Microbiology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland

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