iVirus: facilitating new insights in viral ecology with software and community data sets imbedded in a cyberinfrastructure
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology; osti
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Microbiology. Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
Microbes affect nutrient and energy transformations throughout the world’s ecosystems, yet they do so under viral constraints. In complex communities, viral metagenome (virome) sequencing is transforming our ability to quantify viral diversity and impacts. Although some bottlenecks, for example, few reference genomes and nonquantitative viromics, have been overcome, the void of centralized data sets and specialized tools now prevents viromics from being broadly applied to answer fundamental ecological questions. Here we present iVirus, a community resource that leverages the CyVerse cyberinfrastructure to provide access to viromic tools and data sets. The iVirus Data Commons contains both raw and processed data from 1866 samples and 73 projects derived from global ocean expeditions, as well as existing and legacy public repositories. Through the CyVerse Discovery Environment, users can interrogate these data sets using existing analytical tools (software applications known as ‘Apps’) for assembly, open reading frame prediction and annotation, as well as several new Apps specifically developed for analyzing viromes. Because Apps are web based and powered by CyVerse supercomputing resources, they enable scalable analyses for a broad user base. Finally, a use-case scenario documents how to apply these advances toward new data. This growing iVirus resource should help researchers utilize viromics as yet another tool to elucidate viral roles in nature.
- Research Organization:
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (United States); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010580
- OSTI ID:
- 1473902
- Journal Information:
- The ISME Journal, Journal Name: The ISME Journal Vol. 11; ISSN 1751-7362
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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