Benchmarking and integration of viral prediction tools to uncover viral dark matter across divergent low abundance metagenomes
Soufiane Alami, Grégory Destras, Maël Rimeur, Vincent Navratil, Laurence Josset, Hussein Anani
The paper benchmarks viral prediction tools in low-abundance metagenomes and finds that combining tools improves viral detection while reducing false positives.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics