What is Virome?
A virome is a collection of [[Virus|viruses]] found in a biological community, such as an [[ecosystem]] or an [[organism]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zárate|first=Selene|last2=Taboada|first2=Blanca|last3=Yocupicio-Monroy|first3=Martha|last4=Arias|first4=Carlos F.|date=2017-11-01|title=Human Virome|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0188440918300262|journal=Archives of Medical Research|series=Microbiota in Health and Disease|language=en|volume=48|issue=4|pages=701–716|doi=10.1016/j.arcmed.2018.01.005|issn=0188-4409|via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref> Scientists studying viruses use [[gene]] sequencing methods to study the viruses in these communities and classify them. This is known as the study of [[metagenomics]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-60761-823-2|title=Metagenomics: Methods and Protocols|date=2010|publisher=Humana Press|isbn=978-1-60761-822-5|editor-last=Streit|editor-first=Wolfgang R.|series=Methods in Molecular Biology|volume=668|location=Totowa, NJ|pages=v|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-60761-823-2|editor-last2=Daniel|editor-first2=Rolf}}</ref> Viruses are found in all kinds of environments. One example of a virome is the human virome, which is the community of viruses living in various human organs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pyöriä|first=Lari|last2=Pratas|first2=Diogo|last3=Toppinen|first3=Mari|last4=Hedman|first4=Klaus|last5=Sajantila|first5=Antti|last6=Perdomo|first6=Maria F.|date=23 March 2023|title=Unmasking the tissue-resident eukaryotic DNA virome in humans|url=https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkad199/7084602|journal=Nucleic Acids Research|language=English|pages=199|doi=10.1093/nar/gkad199|issn=0305-1048|via=Oxford Academic}}</ref> [[Bacteriophage|Bacteriophages]], a type of virus, are the most common type of virus in the [[biosphere]] and in humans, and are found in [[feces]], [[saliva]], [[blood]], and more.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Paez-Espino|first=David|last2=Eloe-Fadrosh|first2=Emiley A.|last3=Pavlopoulos|first3=Georg