provirome

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ virome

Noun

provirome (plural proviromes)

1. The genomes of all the proviruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment
   • 2015 December 15, “Retroviral DNA Sequences as a Means for Determining Ancient Diets”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This study clearly demonstrates the novel information that may be obtained from the fecal virome and provirome of ancient organisms through the use of a shotgun sequencing analysis as opposed to selective gene-screening methods.