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Varada Khot

University of CalgaryORCID 0000-0003-4664-6678Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1

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Marc StrousiD· 2 shared Alexander Y. MerkeliD· 1 shared Alexandre J. Paquette· 1 shared Alyse K. Hawley· 1 shared Anirban ChakrabortyiD· 1 shared Bas E DutilhiD· 1 shared Breda NovotnikiD· 1 shared Casey R. J. HubertiD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 2/yr

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintNov 11, 2026

Structural signatures of salinity adaptation in Microviricetes capsids

Varada Milind Khot, Mart Krupovic, Bas E Dutilh

The paper identifies structural adaptations in Microviricetes capsids that enable salinity tolerance by analyzing amino acid residues linked to ocean and lake environments.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.10.765580

bacteria (other)proteomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJan 23, 2026

Physiology, functional genomics and proteomics of Verruconatronum alginivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a first haloalkaliphilic representative of the phylum Verrucomicrobiota from soda habitats

Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Varada Khot, Alexander Y. Merkel…·Marc Strous

The paper isolates and characterizes two haloalkaliphilic Verrucomicrobiota strains from soda habitats, describing their physiology, genomics, and proteomics, and proposes a new genus and species.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.22.701064

proteomicsmetagenomics

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BioinformaticsFrontiers in MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedJan 5, 2022

CANT-HYD: A curated database of phylogeny-derived Hidden Markov Models for annotation of marker genes involved in hydrocarbon degradation

Varada Khot, Jackie Zorz, Daniel A. Gittins…·Srijak Bhatnagar

CANT-HYD provides a database of HMMs for annotating hydrocarbon degradation marker genes, showing widespread metabolic potential and scalability in metagenomic analysis.

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metagenomicsstatistical model

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