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
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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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 approaches can significantly limit results especially for short contigs...
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VirFinder: a novel k-mer based tool for identifying viral sequences from assembled metagenomic data
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_51c5948dd1eb46bca1914488c62aedd8
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_51c5948dd1eb46bca1914488c62aedd8
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2049-2618
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2049-2618
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10.1186/s40168-017-0283-5
