Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG).
Simon RouxEvelien M AdriaenssensBas E DutilhEugene V KooninAndrew M KropinskiMart KrupovicJens H KuhnRob LavigneJ Rodney BristerDarren P MartinClara AmidRamy K AzizSeth R BordensteinPeer BorkMya BreitbartGuy R CochraneRebecca A DalyChristelle DesnuesMelissa B DuhaimeJoanne B EmersonFrançois EnaultJed A FuhrmanPascal HingampPhilip HugenholtzBonnie L HurwitzNatalia N IvanovaJessica M LabontéKyung-Bum LeeRex R MalmstromManuel Martinez-GarciaIlene Karsch MizrachiHiroyuki OgataA David Páez-EspinoMarie-Agnès PetitCatherine PutontiThomas RatteiAlejandro ReyesFrancisco Rodriguez-ValeraKaryna RosarioLynn SchrimlFrederik SchulzGrieg F StewardMatthew B SullivanShinichi SunagawaCurtis A SuttleBen TempertonSusannah G TringeRebecca Vega ThurberNicole S WebsterKatrine L WhitesonSteven W WilhelmK Eric WommackTanja WoykeKelly C WrightonPelin YilmazTakashi YoshidaMark J YoungNatalya YutinLisa Zeigler AllenNikos C KyrpidesEmiley A Eloe-FadroshPublished in: Nature biotechnology (2018)
We present an extension of the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS) standard for reporting sequences of uncultivated virus genomes. Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG) standards were developed within the Genomic Standards Consortium framework and include virus origin, genome quality, genome annotation, taxonomic classification, biogeographic distribution and in silico host prediction. Community-wide adoption of MIUViG standards, which complement the Minimum Information about a Single Amplified Genome (MISAG) and Metagenome-Assembled Genome (MIMAG) standards for uncultivated bacteria and archaea, will improve the reporting of uncultivated virus genomes in public databases. In turn, this should enable more robust comparative studies and a systematic exploration of the global virosphere.