INfrastructure for a PHAge REference Database: Identification of large-scale biases in the current collection of phage genomes
R. Cook, N. Brown, T. Redgwell, B. Rihtman, M. Barnes, D. J. Stekel, M. Clokie, J. Hobman, M. Jones, A. D. Millard
The paper develops a tool to extract phage genomes and identifies biases in their representation, such as overrepresentation of lytic phages and limited host diversity.
bioRxiv · May 1, 2021Microbiology