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Andrea Howard¹, Amanda Carroll-Portillo², Joe Alcock³

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Diet significantly impacts the gut microbiome and the less-understood phageome. Understanding how food influences these microbial communities is crucial for human health and disease development.

Keywords:

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Gastroenterology
Human Microbiome

Background:

The gut microbiome influences host health and disease, with bacterial shifts linked to various conditions like IBD, neurological disorders, and cancer.
Diet is a primary driver of gut microbiome composition and function.
The gut phageome, comprising bacteriophages, is less understood than the bacterial microbiome, despite its potential role in dysbiosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the current understanding of how diet influences the gut phageome.
To highlight the need for further research into the diet-phageome relationship.

Main Methods:

Literature review of existing studies on diet, gut microbiome, and gut phageome.

Main Results:

Dietary components directly influence the composition and activity of gut bacteriophages.
Changes in the phageome correlate with gut dysbiosis, similar to bacterial shifts.

Conclusions:

Diet plays a critical role in shaping the gut phageome.
Further investigation into the diet-phageome axis is essential for understanding and potentially manipulating gut health and disease.