VirJenDB: a FAIR (meta)data and bioinformatics platform for all viruses.

ABSTRACT: High-throughput sequencing has generated an unprecedented volume of data. However, researcher-submitted data in repositories requires extensive curation and quality control for reuse. These tasks are hindered by the multiplicity of repositories, the sheer volume of the data, and the complexity of virus (meta)data curation. To address these challenges, VirJenDB offers a user-friendly platform to facilitate versioned, community-driven curation, and ontology development. Virus sequences were ingested from 16 sources, including ~200 fields of metadata or standards, covering taxonomy, sample, and host information. Up to 85 metadata fields have undergone at least one round of curation, and are linked to 15.4 million virus sequences, with 88 % from those infecting eukaryotes and the remaining inf

SUBMITTER: Saghaei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12807664 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature