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Summary of the main places where phages can be found: nature, urbanized places, and the human body.
| Phages in nature | Soil |
| Terrestrial subsurface | |
| Fresh water | |
| Ocean | |
| Oceanic subsurface | |
| Extreme environments: sea ice, algal flocks, hypersaline zones, etc. | |
| Artificial places | Hospital and similar places |
| Wastewater treatment plants | |
| Some areas under human impact | |
| Body of animals | Digestive tract |
| Vagina | |
| Respiratory and oral tract | |
| Skin | |
| Mucosal epithelium |
