We present an extension of the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS)
standard for reporting sequences of uncultivated virus genomes. Minimum Information about …

Viruses numerically dominate our oceans; however, we have only just begun to document
the diversity, host range and infection dynamics of marine viruses, as well as the subsequent …

Viruses are integral components of all ecosystems and microbiomes on Earth. Through
pervasive infections of their cellular hosts, viruses can reshape microbial community …

Background Viruses are central to microbial community structure in all environments. The
ability to generate large metagenomic assemblies of mixed microbial and viral sequences …

While metagenomics has emerged as a technology of choice for analyzing bacterial
populations, the assembly of metagenomic data remains challenging, thus stifling biological …

Background Identifying viral sequences in mixed metagenomes containing both viral and
host contigs is a critical first step in analyzing the viral component of samples. Current tools …

Viruses that infect microbial hosts have traditionally been studied in laboratory settings with
a focus on either obligate lysis or persistent lysogeny. In the environment, these infection …

Motivation: Recent advances in single molecule real-time (SMRT) and nanopore
sequencing technologies have enabled high-quality assemblies from long and inaccurate …

Viruses of microbes impact all ecosystems where microbes drive key energy and substrate
transformations including the oceans, humans and industrial fermenters. However, despite …

Metagenomics has changed the face of virus discovery by enabling the accurate
identification of viral genome sequences without requiring isolation of the viruses. As a …