Fig. 6

Host prediction of GMMC virome and identification of lytic viruses that target methane producers. a Overlaps of the prediction results on viral-host interactions using four different methods. The size is the number of viral-host interactions. Pie chart showing the proportion of viral genomes whose host(s) could predicted by these methods. b Distributions of the viruses as a function of their number of predicted hosts. The viruses could be divided into specialist (number of hosts = 1) and generalist (number of hosts > 1). c Distribution and characteristics of the viruses as a function of the taxonomic classification of their hosts, including the genome size, annotation rate, host specificity, and lifestyles. The lifestyles were predicted using DeePhage [76] and classified into two groups (virulent: score ≥ 50, temperate: score < 50). d Interaction network between viruses and methane producers (i.e., archaea). The solid line and the red dashed line indicate the connections predict by one method and by two methods, respectively