Simon Roux
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social
Virus-obsessed bioinformatician, DOE JGI Scientist, Enjoy exploring the viral world with #metagenomics and other cool #omics toys. He/him. Opinions my own.
For prok vs euk, I like to look at RBS (if you see mostly SD, I'd argue it's a good sign you have a genome adapted to a prok machinery). That's assuming that you have predicted cds of course.
Also don't dismiss a viral origin for anything that is "sort of bacterial like but no hit in any db" 😁
Also don't dismiss a viral origin for anything that is "sort of bacterial like but no hit in any db" 😁
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For prok vs euk, I like to look at RBS (if you see mostly SD, I'd argue it's a good sign you have a genome adapted to a prok machinery). That's assuming that you have predicted cds of course.
Also don't dismiss a viral origin for anything that is "sort of bacterial like but no hit in any db" 😁
Also don't dismiss a viral origin for anything that is "sort of bacterial like but no hit in any db" 😁