Bacteriophages that contribute to microbiota-stability and human health have been discovered in the human urinary bladder. An analysis of the urinary microbiome indicated a rich diversity of novel lytic phage sequences in abundance as compared to eukaryotic viruses. In order to characterize the phage population, 181 genomes of bacterial species with phylogenetic diversity within the female urinary microbiota were analyzed. The presence of 457 phage sequences were found prevalent within the bladder and exhibited no recognized sequence homology to the data reported.
The researchers claimed that the phages discovered from different women were clearly related, which suggested that a common set of phages resides in the bladder. Furthermore, a variation was observed in the abundance of phages between the bacteria isolated from healthy individuals versus those with urinary infections. These…
