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Sequence Data Sources

Currently, VirJenDB integrates viral sequence datasets and associated metadata sources from the resources listed below.

Sequence Repositories

BV-BRC

• Release: v3.32.13a
• Resource type: viral genome repository

NCBI Virus

• Snapshot date: 2023-11-12
• Resource type: viral sequence and metadata repository

IMG/VR

• Version: v4.0
• Resource type: integrated microbial genomes and microbiomes

Phage & Host Daily

• Access date: 2025-02-17
• Includes sequences with host annotations aggregated from:
  • NCBI Virus
  • Virus-Host DB
  • MVP
  • RefSeq
  • GenBank
  • UniProt
  • IntAct

PhiSpy catalog

• Generated using PhiSpy v4.2.21
• Applied to bacterial and archaeal genomes from NCBI GenBank
• Resource type: prophage prediction catalog

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Metadata Sources

VirJenDB incorporates metadata and annotation resources from the following databases and standards repositories.

NCBI Virus

• Virus.1.0
• NCBI help pages
• NCBI PubMed
• NCBI Taxonomy
• result table

BV-BRC

• result table

ICTV

• ICTV Virus Metadata Resource
• ICTV Masters Species List

ENA

• Data standards help page
• ENA Influenza virus reporting standard checklist
• GSC MIUVIGS
• ENA virus pathogen reporting standard checklist

ViralZone

• Viral protein, genome, and taxonomy reference information

RKI GitHub

• SARS-CoV-2 sequence datasets and associated metadata resources

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