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Stumbled upon a really cool new paper today, thought to share it for those of you interested in the subject.
The tldr is that it seems the novel coronavirus may also act as a bacteriophage in the gastrointestinal tract, infecting bacteria and not just our cells
Our recent studies show that microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract affect the severity of COVID-19 and for the first time provide indications that the virus might replicate in gut bacteria.
Definitely way out of my expertise so I can't comment on the quality of the study but an interesting paper nonetheless with lots of implications if true. I must say I found the discussion part to be quite an interesting read!
You can access the whole paper freely at https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/5/708
Enjoy (?)