virome

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noun The genomes of all the viruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment

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Scientists now have discovered another realm within our habitat - the virome, a large community of viruses.

NYT > Opinion 2010
Scientists now have discovered another realm within our habitat - the virome, a large community of viruses.

NYT > Home Page 2010
There’s been a lot of work lately on the human “microbiome” of symbiotic microoganisms … but just recently I’ve been seeing reports of early work on a complementary “virome”.

No metazoan is an island - The Panda's Thumb 2010
…I’ve been seeing reports of early work on a complementary “virome”.

Church Signs on CNN iReport - The Panda's Thumb 2010
It has been estimated that there are over 380 trillion viruses inhabiting us, a community collectively known as the human virome.

Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome Chandrabali Ghose 2022