Virus-Host DB: Summary of Complete Phage Genomes and Bacterial Hosts

STable 1 summarizes complete phage genomes and their bacterial hosts from the Virus-Host Database. The dataset was authored by Alejandra Huerta and last updated on May 4, 2026. It focuses on plant-associated phages, providing a resource for a segment of the virosphere.

Use Cases

• Study phage-host interaction networks based on the summary of complete genomes and hosts.
• Analyze the genomic diversity of plant-associated phages based on the listed complete genomes.
• Investigate bacterial host range and specificity for phages based on the host pairing data.
• Benchmark computational tools for phage genome annotation and classification based on a curated set of complete genomes.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the authoritative Virus-Host Database.
• Focuses on a specific ecological niche: plant-associated phages.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Virus-Host Database

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 05:45:38; freshness should be verified