Giant Virus Finder Explained

Giant Virus Finder
Developer:	Csaba Kerepesi
Operating System:	Linux
Programming Language:	Perl, Python
Language:	English
Genre:	Bioinformatics
License:	GNU General Public Licence
Website:	http://pitgroup.org/giant-virus-finder

The Giant Virus Finder is a free bioinformatics software for finding giant viruses in metagenomes.

Applications

The Giant Virus Finder tool integrates and applies the Giant Virus Toplist, the list of the largest virus genomes. With the tool, giant viruses were found in diverse habitats, like the Great Rann of Kutch^[1] or the Mojave Desert, the Prairie, or the Antarctic dry valleys.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 161. 3. 721–724. Kerepesi. Csaba. Grolmusz. Vince. Giant Viruses of the Kutch Desert. Archives of Virology. 2016. 10.1007/s00705-015-2720-8. 26666442. 1410.1278. 13145926.
2. 162. 6. 1671–1676. Kerepesi. Csaba. Grolmusz. Vince. The "Giant Virus Finder" Discovers an Abundance of Giant Viruses in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Archives of Virology. 2017. 10.1007/s00705-017-3286-4. 28247094. 1503.05575. 1925728.