Culture-independent methods capable of connecting bacteriophages (phages) to their target host bacteria will help define the roles of phages in host-associated microbiotas. A recent study used fluorescently dyed intestinal phages to identify novel phage–bacterial interactions from the human intestine.
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Johnson, C.N., Duerkop, B.A. Dyeing to connect. Nat Microbiol 4, 2033–2034 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0616-1
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