Soil viral diversity, ecology and climate change
Soil viruses are highly abundant and have important roles in the regulation of host dynamics
and soil ecology. Climate change is resulting in unprecedented changes to soil ecosystems …
and soil ecology. Climate change is resulting in unprecedented changes to soil ecosystems …
Giant virus biology and diversity in the era of genome-resolved metagenomics
The discovery of giant viruses, with capsids as large as some bacteria, megabase-range
genomes and a variety of traits typically found only in cellular organisms, was one of the …
genomes and a variety of traits typically found only in cellular organisms, was one of the …
Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad
Identifying and characterizing mobile genetic elements in sequencing data is essential for
understanding their diversity, ecology, biotechnological applications and impact on public …
understanding their diversity, ecology, biotechnological applications and impact on public …
Introducing the bacterial and viral bioinformatics resource center (BV-BRC): a resource combining PATRIC, IRD and ViPR
Abstract The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) established the
Bioinformatics Resource Center (BRC) program to assist researchers with analyzing the …
Bioinformatics Resource Center (BRC) program to assist researchers with analyzing the …
Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions
The spatiotemporal structure of the human microbiome,, proteome and metabolome, reflects
and determines regional intestinal physiology and may have implications for disease. Yet …
and determines regional intestinal physiology and may have implications for disease. Yet …
IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultivated virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, taxonomic, and ecological metadata
Viruses are widely recognized as critical members of all microbiomes. Metagenomics
enables large-scale exploration of the global virosphere, progressively revealing the …
enables large-scale exploration of the global virosphere, progressively revealing the …
iPHoP: An integrated machine learning framework to maximize host prediction for metagenome-derived viruses of archaea and bacteria
The extraordinary diversity of viruses infecting bacteria and archaea is now primarily studied
through metagenomics. While metagenomes enable high-throughput exploration of the viral …
through metagenomics. While metagenomes enable high-throughput exploration of the viral …
BUSCO update: novel and streamlined workflows along with broader and deeper phylogenetic coverage for scoring of eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral genomes
Methods for evaluating the quality of genomic and metagenomic data are essential to aid
genome assembly procedures and to correctly interpret the results of subsequent analyses …
genome assembly procedures and to correctly interpret the results of subsequent analyses …
Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome
Whereas DNA viruses are known to be abundant, diverse, and commonly key ecosystem
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …
VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses
Background Viruses are a significant player in many biosphere and human ecosystems, but
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …