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ReviewmSystems2026

Navigating prokaryotic viral genome analysis from metagenomic data.

Almut Werner, Cynthia M Chibani, Ruth A Schmitz

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Review in mSystems, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Almut WernerInstitute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1570-4329
Cynthia M ChibaniInstitute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2147-9375
Ruth A SchmitzInstitute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6788-0829

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 031B0851BDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHM1052/26-1, SCHM1052/26-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses play crucial roles in microbial ecosystems, yet viromic analysis remains challenging due to the field's complexity and rapid evolution. This minireview supports non-specialists through the evolving landscape of viromics, focusing on the analysis of bacterial and archaeal DNA viruses from metagenomic data. We address major challenges, including viral diversity, methodological biases, and the overwhelming array of available tools and pipelines. While describing a typical viromic workflow, we provide users with background information for each of the steps from data acquisition, preprocessing, and quality control to viral characterization and common downstream analyses. The included references and resources will provide users with the information needed to confidently start their own virome analysis.

Indexed as

Archaeal VirusesDNA VirusesGenome, ViralMetagenomicsArchaeaBacteriaComputational Biologyarchaeabacteriabioinformatics methodscomputational biologyDNA virusesmetagenomicsviromics

Identifiers

PMID42012165
PMCPMC13185550

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