Table 1 Tools used in viral identification benchmarking study
From: Simulation study and comparative evaluation of viral contiguous sequence identification tools
Tool | Last updated | Target | Viral homology matching | Compositional protein features | Machine learning classification | Programming skills required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VirSorter | 2015 | Virus | Yes | Yes | No | No |
VirSorter2 | 2020 | Virus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
VirFinder | 2017 | Virus | No | No | Yes | Yes |
DeepVirFinder | 2020 | Virus | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Vibrant | 2020 | Virus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
MetaPhinder | 2016 | Phage | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Earth Virome | 2020 | Virus | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Phybrid | 2020 | Phage | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kraken2+VirKraken | 2020 | Virus | Yes | No | No | Yes |