Longitudinal Investigation of Enteric Virome Signatures from Parental-Generation to Offspring Pigs
Qu Chen, Xiaojun Zhang, Weiling Shi, Xizhong Du, Lingyan Ma, Wen Wang, Shiyu Tao, Yingping Xiao
Abstract
This study shows that distinct stage-associated swine gut viromes may be determined by age and/or gut physiology at different growth stages, and enteric viruses probably manipulate carbohydrate decomposition by abundant glycoside hydrolases. These findings fill a gap in the longitudinal pattern of the swine gut virome and lay the foundation for research on the function of swine enteric viruses.
Topics & Concepts
Human viromeOffspringBiologyGeneticsEvolutionary biologyMetagenomicsGenePregnancyViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal Virus Infections StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactions