VirFinder: a novel k-mer based tool for identifying viral sequences from assembled metagenomic data

VirFinder: a novel k-mer based tool for identifying viral sequences from assembled metagenomic data

Abstract 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 for distinguishing prokaryotic virus and host contigs primarily use gene-based similarity approaches. Such a...

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Main Authors: Jie Ren, Nathan A. Ahlgren, Yang Young Lu, Jed A. Fuhrman, Fengzhu Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Metagenome
Virus
k-mer
Human gut
Liver cirrhosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0283-5

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