Symposium highlights lesser-known members of the microbiome

Wendy Garrett, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and co-director of the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, delivered welcome remarks
Wendy Garrett, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and co-director of the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, delivered welcome remarks

In the field of microbiome science, researchers have long focused on studying the bacteria that live inside and on the human body. But other types of microbes also play an important role in human health and disease, including viruses—both phage viruses that infect bacteria and eukaryotic viruses that infect human cells—and fungi.

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