Background Bioinformatics tools available for metagenomic sequencing analysis are
principally devoted to the identification of microorganisms populating an ecological niche …

Accurate classification of the human virome is critical to a full understanding of the role
viruses play in health and disease. This implies the need for sensitive, specific, and practical …

Background Metagenomics, based on culture-independent sequencing, is a well-fitted
approach to provide insights into the composition, structure and dynamics of environmental …

Metagenomics has enabled sequencing of viral communities from a myriad of different
environments. Viral metagenomic studies routinely uncover sequences with no recognizable …

Background High throughput sequencing has spurred the development of metagenomics,
which involves the direct analysis of microbial communities in various environments such as …

Background The viral component of microbial communities plays a vital role in driving
bacterial diversity, facilitating nutrient turnover and shaping community composition. Despite …

Viromics, or viral metagenomics, is a relatively new and burgeoning field of research that
studies the complete collection of viruses forming part of the microbiota in any given niche. It …

Background Viruses are central to microbial community structure in all environments. The
ability to generate large metagenomic assemblies of mixed microbial and viral sequences …

Background The main limitations in the analysis of viral metagenomes are perhaps the high
genetic variability and the lack of information in extant databases. To address these issues …

Bacteriophages play central roles in the maintenance and function of most ecosystems by
regulating bacterial communities. Yet, our understanding of their diversity remains limited …