title: Metagenomic analyses of an uncultured viral community from human feces.
abstract: Here we present the first metagenomic analyses of an uncultured viral community from human feces, using partial shotgun sequencing. Most of the sequences were unrelated to anything previously reported. The recognizable viruses were mostly siphophages, and the community contained an estimated 1,200 viral genotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA.
authors.forename: Mya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breitbart
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hewson
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Felts
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mahaffy
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nulton
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salamon
authors.forename: Forest
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rohwer
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017753:Ecosystem; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D017906:Siphoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins