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Main Authors: Mo, Yuqian, Ahlgren, Nathan, Fuhrman, Jed A, Sun, Fengzhu, Hou, Shengwei
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Current protocols 2026
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41609929/
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author Mo, Yuqian
Ahlgren, Nathan
Fuhrman, Jed A
Sun, Fengzhu
Hou, Shengwei
author_facet Mo, Yuqian
Ahlgren, Nathan
Fuhrman, Jed A
Sun, Fengzhu
Hou, Shengwei
Mo, Yuqian
Ahlgren, Nathan
Fuhrman, Jed A
Sun, Fengzhu
Hou, Shengwei
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents A Beginner's Guide to Using DeepVirFinder for Viral Sequence Identification From Metagenomic Datasets. Mo, Yuqian Ahlgren, Nathan Fuhrman, Jed A Sun, Fengzhu Hou, Shengwei Metagenomics Software Deep Learning Viruses Genome, Viral Computational Biology Identifying viral sequences from metagenomic datasets is critical for investigating their origins, evolutionary patterns, and ecological functions. Previously, we developed a novel deep learning software, DeepVirFinder, to predict viral sequences from shotgun metagenomic assemblies. This method employs a twin convolutional neural network model to extract features from known viral and prokaryotic host genomic sequences for binary classification of input query sequences. With the rapid accumulation of environmental metagenomic data, this approach has accelerated the discovery of novel viruses from diverse environments through an alignment-free and reference-free deep learning strategy. To facilitate the rapid adoption of this software for beginning users, here we have further improved DeepVirFinder by optimizing its runtime performance, while maintaining the essential user interface of the original version. This comprehensive guide provides basic workflows for the most common use cases of DeepVirFinder. Additionally, to assist users in downstream analyses, supplementary scripts were provided in the software for extracting viral sequences and inspecting the results, thereby helping researchers more effectively mine viral information from metagenomic datasets. © 2026 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Predicting viral sequences in metagenomic assemblies Basic Protocol 2: An integrated pipeline for viral sequence analysis: Prediction, extraction, and visualization Basic Protocol 3: Retraining the DeepVirFinder model using a customized dataset.
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spellingShingle A Beginner's Guide to Using DeepVirFinder for Viral Sequence Identification From Metagenomic Datasets.
Mo, Yuqian
Ahlgren, Nathan
Fuhrman, Jed A
Sun, Fengzhu
Hou, Shengwei
Metagenomics
Software
Deep Learning
Viruses
Genome, Viral
Computational Biology
A Beginner's Guide to Using DeepVirFinder for Viral Sequence Identification From Metagenomic Datasets. Mo, Yuqian Ahlgren, Nathan Fuhrman, Jed A Sun, Fengzhu Hou, Shengwei Metagenomics Software Deep Learning Viruses Genome, Viral Computational Biology Identifying viral sequences from metagenomic datasets is critical for investigating their origins, evolutionary patterns, and ecological functions. Previously, we developed a novel deep learning software, DeepVirFinder, to predict viral sequences from shotgun metagenomic assemblies. This method employs a twin convolutional neural network model to extract features from known viral and prokaryotic host genomic sequences for binary classification of input query sequences. With the rapid accumulation of environmental metagenomic data, this approach has accelerated the discovery of novel viruses from diverse environments through an alignment-free and reference-free deep learning strategy. To facilitate the rapid adoption of this software for beginning users, here we have further improved DeepVirFinder by optimizing its runtime performance, while maintaining the essential user interface of the original version. This comprehensive guide provides basic workflows for the most common use cases of DeepVirFinder. Additionally, to assist users in downstream analyses, supplementary scripts were provided in the software for extracting viral sequences and inspecting the results, thereby helping researchers more effectively mine viral information from metagenomic datasets. © 2026 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Predicting viral sequences in metagenomic assemblies Basic Protocol 2: An integrated pipeline for viral sequence analysis: Prediction, extraction, and visualization Basic Protocol 3: Retraining the DeepVirFinder model using a customized dataset.
title A Beginner's Guide to Using DeepVirFinder for Viral Sequence Identification From Metagenomic Datasets.
topic Metagenomics
Software
Deep Learning
Viruses
Genome, Viral
Computational Biology
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41609929/