Viruses · Phage order

Caudovirales phages

Contested Tailed DNA phages that dominate the healthy phageome. Their expansion is the classic reported IBD virome shift — but whether richness truly rises, or a temperate-phage core simply replaces a healthy one, is debated.

Associated with these conditions

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Mixed

The classic reported shift is an expansion of these phages — but whether diversity truly rises or a temperate core replaces a healthy one is debated.

Moderate evidence studies conflict

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