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Table 2 Comparison of functionality for VirMiner (developed here), VirFinder [12], VirSorter [26], and iVirus [56]

From: Mining, analyzing, and integrating viral signals from metagenomic data

Tools

Input raw reads

Functional annotation

Phage contig identification

Inter-group comparison

Phage-host relationship prediction

Taxonomy analysis

VirMiner

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

VirSorter

✖

✔

✔

✖

✖

✖

VirFinder

✖

✖

✔

✔

✖

✖

iVirus

✔

✔

✔

✖

✖

✔