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Research Paper

Fecal virome transplantation is sufficient to alter fecal microbiota and drive lean and obese body phenotypes in mice

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Article: 2236750 | Received 03 Apr 2023, Accepted 10 Jul 2023, Published online: 20 Jul 2023

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