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Figure 1. Role of the virome in human health. The virome can act as a biomarker of microbiome composition and functionality, individual phages can influence bacterial functionality, be an agent of horizontal gene transfer, or impact on microbiome assembly structure and function. All of these can ultimately impact on human health. Created in BioRender. Hill, C. (2026) https://BioRender.com/pttw89l