Developer(s) Csaba Kerepesi Operating system Type Bioinformatics | Written in Perl, Python Available in English | |
License GNU General Public Licence | ||
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 or the Mojave Desert, the Prairie, or the Antarctic dry valleys .
References
Giant Virus Finder Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA