PHACCS, an online tool for estimating the structure and diversity of uncultured viral communities using metagenomic information

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Phages, viruses that infect prokaryotes, are the most abundant microbes in the world. A major limitation to studying these viruses is the difficulty of cultivating the appropriate prokaryotic hosts. One way around this limitation is...

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Main Authors: Salamon Peter, Breitbart Mya, McNairnie Pat, Bangor David, Rodriguez-Brito Beltran, Angly Florent, Felts Ben, Nulton James, Mahaffy Joseph, Rohwer Forest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/41