Viral Host Range database, an online tool for recording, analyzing and disseminating virus-host interactions

Quentin Lamy-Besnier (1, 2) , Bryan Brancotte (3) , Hervé Ménager (3) , Laurent Debarbieux (1)

1 Bactériophage, bactérie, hôte - Bacteriophage, bacterium, host
2 UPCité - Université Paris Cité
3 Hub Bioinformatique et Biostatistique - Bioinformatics and Biostatistics HUB

Viruses are ubiquitous in the living world, and their ability to infect more than one host defines their host range. However, information about which virus infects which host, and about which host is infected by which virus, is not readily available. Results We developed a web-based tool called the Viral Host Range database to record, analyze and disseminate experimental host range data for viruses infecting archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Computer Science [cs]; Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM]

Quentin Lamy-Besnier, Bryan Brancotte, Hervé Ménager, Laurent Debarbieux. Viral Host Range database, an online tool for recording, analyzing and disseminating virus-host interactions. Bioinformatics, 2021, 60 (4), pp.921-925. ⟨10.1093/bioinformatics/btab070⟩. ⟨pasteur-03166905⟩