Software:Giant Virus Finder

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Giant Virus Finder
Developer(s)Csaba Kerepesi
Written inPerl, Python
Operating systemLinux
Available inEnglish
TypeBioinformatics
LicenseGNU General Public Licence
Websitehttp://pitgroup.org/giant-virus-finder

The Giant Virus Finder is a free bioinformatics software for finding giant viruses in metagenomes.

Applications

The Giant Virus Finder tool integrates and applies the Giant Virus Toplist, the list of the largest virus genomes. With the tool, giant viruses were found in diverse habitats, like the Great Rann of Kutch [1] or the Mojave Desert, the Prairie, or the Antarctic dry valleys.[2]

References

  1. Kerepesi, Csaba; Grolmusz, Vince (2016). "Giant Viruses of the Kutch Desert". Archives of Virology 161 (3): 721–724. doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2720-8. PMID 26666442. 
  2. Kerepesi, Csaba; Grolmusz, Vince (2017). "The "Giant Virus Finder" Discovers an Abundance of Giant Viruses in the Antarctic Dry Valleys". Archives of Virology 162 (6): 1671–1676. doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3286-4. PMID 28247094.