Bioinformatics
Phynteny: Phage Genome Annotation with Machine Learning
The study of bacteriophages, or simply “phages,” is one of the most fascinating areas of microbiology. These are viruses that infect bacteria,…
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Bioinformatics
The Impact of Stop Codon Reassignment Significantly Affects Phage Annotation
Stop codon reassignment is a genetic phenomenon where the traditional role of stop codons in terminating protein synthesis is altered, allowing these…
Bioinformatics
tax_myPHAGE: Taxonomy Classification Tool for bacteriophages
Knowing exactly what your phages are and whether any of that kind already exists in the database is crucial for any phage…
Bioinformatics
Phold: Phage Genome Annotation Using Protein Structural Homology
I know the majority of phage scientists have used Pharokka for phage annotation at one point. Despite being a very helpful tool,…
Bioinformatics
PhageScope: A new web-based tool for decoding the phage genome
In the dynamic realm of bioinformatics, a transformative tool has emerged to unravel the intricacies of bacteriophages. PhageScope, a cutting-edge web-based tool…
Bioinformatics
Pharokka: Empowering Phage Genomic Annotation
In 21st-century research, where sequences burgeon, the demand for efficient and scalable genomic annotation tools has never been more pronounced. The recent…
Bioinformatics
iPHoP: The Ultimate Host Prediction Tool for Microbial Viruses
Integrated Phage Host Prediction, or iPHoP, is a command-line pipeline for automatically determining the host genus of new bacteriophages and archaea viruses…
Bioinformatics
Assembling Phage Genomes: De Novo vs Reference-Based Methods
Recent advances in sequencing technologies have significantly improved the ability to generate large volumes of high-quality sequence data. However, the challenge lies…