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VICTOR: genome-based phylogeny and classification of prokaryotic viruses
Author(s) -
Jan P. MeierKolthoff,
Markus Göker
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx440
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , biology , genome , monophyly , systematics , taxon , in silico , evolutionary biology , computational biology , taxonomic rank , clade , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , zoology , gene , ecology
Bacterial and archaeal viruses are crucial for global biogeochemical cycles and might well be game-changing therapeutic agents in the fight against multi-resistant pathogens. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how to best use genome sequence data for a fast, universal and accurate taxonomic classification of such viruses.

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