Phageome
Collection of bacteriophages found in a particular environment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A phageome is a community of bacteriophages and their metagenomes localized in a particular environment, similar to a microbiome.[1][2] The term was first used in an article by Modi et al in 2013[3] and has continued to be used in scientific articles that relate to bacteriophages and their metagenomes. A bacteriophage, or phage for short, is a virus that has the ability to infect bacteria and archaea, and can replicate inside of them. Phageome is a subcategory of virome, which is all of the viruses that are associated with a host or environment.[4] Phages make up the majority of most viromes and are currently understood as being the most abundant organism.[5] Oftentimes scientists will look only at a phageome instead of a virome while conducting research.