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 …

For a bacteriophage to be useful for phage therapy it must be both isolated from the
environment and shown to have certain characteristics beyond just killing strains of the …

Background Viruses are a significant player in many biosphere and human ecosystems, but
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …

Millions of new viral sequences have been identified from metagenomes, but the quality and
completeness of these sequences vary considerably. Here we present CheckV, an …

Background: With advances in sequencing technology and decreasing costs, the number of
phage genomes that have been sequenced has increased markedly in the past decade …

Background The recent development of metagenomic sequencing makes it possible to
massively sequence microbial genomes including viral genomes without the need for …

Abstract PHASTER (PHAge Search Tool–Enhanced Release) is a significant upgrade to the
popular PHAST web server for the rapid identification and annotation of prophage …

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 …

Abstract Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) combined with powerful bioinformatic
approaches are revolutionising food microbiology. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of …

Abstract The RAST (Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology) annotation engine was
built in 2008 to annotate bacterial and archaeal genomes. It works by offering a standard …