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. 2017 Mar 1;33(5):784-786.
doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw711.

PhagesDB: the actinobacteriophage database

Daniel A Russell, Graham F Hatfull

PhagesDB: the actinobacteriophage database

Daniel A Russell et al. Bioinformatics. .

Abstract

The Actinobacteriophage Database (PhagesDB) is a comprehensive, interactive, database-backed website that collects and shares information related to the discovery, characterization and genomics of viruses that infect Actinobacterial hosts. To date, more than 8000 bacteriophages-including over 1600 with sequenced genomes-have been entered into the database. PhagesDB plays a crucial role in organizing the discoveries of phage biologists around the world-including students in the SEA-PHAGES program-and has been cited in over 50 peer-reviewed articles.

Availability and implementation: http://phagesdb.org/.

Contact: gfh@pitt.edu.

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