Table 1 Attribute comparison of VAPiD, VIGOR, and viral-ngs annotation pipelines
Annotator | Input | Output | Database options | Ribosomal slippage | RNA editing | Batch submission | NCBI submission | Features transferred | Operating systems | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VAPiD | FASTA, author information, sequence metadata | .tbl annotation, .gbf/.sqn complete records | NCBI nt, RefSeq, custom database, specified reference | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | CDS | Windows, Mac, Linux | |
VIGOR | FASTA | .tbl annotation | viral databases | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | All | Mac, Linux | |
viral-ngs | FASTA | .tbl annotation | specified reference | Yes | No | Only same viruses | No | All | Mac, Linux, Windows |