#crassphage

[zombiegardener]

Just for the record, if I discovered a gut virus and thought I could get away with it, I'd totally name it crAssphage. Go UCSD!

[readontheinternet]

Globe-Trotting Virus Hides Inside People's Gut Bacteria

Scientists at San Diego State University have discovered what may be the most common and abundant virus in the human gut. And yet, the tiny critter, called crAssphage (oh yes, there's a story behind that name), has eluded researchers' radar for decades.

Here's the cool part: The virus doesn't just hang out in our intestines naked and alone, scientists Thursday in the journal Nature Communications. Instead, the virus takes up residence inside gut bacteria — specifically inside Bacteroides, a group of microbes that have been linked to obesity and diabetes.

So the system is almost like a Russian nesting doll: The virus lives inside the bacterium, which lives inside our gut.

The new virus doesn't make us sick, but it may be involved in controlling weight through its effect on Bacteroides. "We suspect this virus is very important in regulating the number of these bacteria [the Bacteroides] in the intestine," says computational biologist , who led the study.

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科学家在肠道发现新病毒

（伦敦28日讯）科学家最近发现一种病毒，但惊人的是，它已在一半人口的体内长期存在。

根据英国《自然通讯》杂志刊登最新研究报告，美国州立圣迭戈大学的研究人员，在研究人体肠道内的微生物时，意外发现前所未见的脱氧核糖核酸（DNA），确认为新发现病毒，研究人员将之命名为crAssphage。

带领研究的爱德华兹指出，发现新病毒并不罕见，但病毒存在于大部分人体内而未被人发现，则是奇怪的事。

粪便样本显示，病毒可能已存在于约一半人的体内，而且历史悠久，可能与人类历史一样长，传播途径仍然未知。由于婴儿粪便样本中并无有关病毒，证明它是从人类成长过程中进入体内。

研究人员表示，crAssphage与糖尿病及部分肠道疾病有关，进一步研究或许有助开发出新的治疗方法。

[stoptheclocksss-blog]

can someone please explain to me why i'm suddenly hearing so much about a virus called crAssphage

plz