Phage Eco-Locator: a web tool for visualization and analysis of phage genomes in metagenomic data sets
- San Diego State Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Computer Science; Cairo Univ. (Egypt)
- Univ. of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL (United States). College of Marine Science
- San Diego State Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Computer Science; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are the most abundant biological entities on our planet, and their nucleic acids constitute a substantial proportion of total DNA in Earth’s ecosystems. While the advent of metagenomic methods has allowed the rapid and efficient investigation of microbial and viral communities, there has not been a comprehensive comparative analysis of phage genes and genomes present in all sequenced ecosystems. To examine the abundance and distribution of phage genes in environmental metagenomic sequences, we developed a web-based tool, Phage Eco-Locator [http://www.phantome.org/eco-locator] that screens all publicly available sequenced metagenomes for a user-defined phage genome, or all phage genomes within a user-selected metagenomic sample.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DBI-0850356; DBI-0850206
- OSTI ID:
- 1629376
- Journal Information:
- BMC Bioinformatics, Vol. 12, Issue S7; Conference: 10.Annual UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit 2011, Memphis, TN (United States), 1-3 Apr 2011; ISSN 1471-2105
- Publisher:
- BioMed CentralCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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