A place to post messages of interest to the SEA-PHAGES community, such as undergraduate research opportunities, job postings, paper announcements, etc.

A forum for discussions and questions about the SEA-PHAGES community project investigating the host range of a known panel of phages.

A forum for discussions and questions about the SEA-PHAGES community project seeking phages that are defended against by a Xeno lysogen.

No question is too simple or too complicated! Ask questions about phages here.

Questions about calling genes/tRNAs, selecting start sites, predicting functions, etc.

This forum contains sub-forums that have specific and critical information you'll need to know when annotating phages of certain clusters. It is meant to be a READ ONLY Forum, filled with reviewed/curated information. Please do not post questions here. Use CATs forums when you can. For 2025, you can find them here! https://seaphages.org/forums/forum/231/ Find a topic (usually under the forum "Annotation" when posting a question that applies to more than one cluster.

Questions and discussions about temperate phages, the lysogenic life cycle, genetic switches, immunity, repressors, super-infection, etc.

Questions about or suggestions of interesting papers related to phages.

A forum for questions and discussion about bioinformatic tools beyond the standard DNA Master and Phamerator. Ask about programs/analyses like Gepard, ANIs, Gene Content Similarity, SplitsTree, Clustal, etc.

Questions about how to isolate phages from the environment, including the use of enrichment protocols to help yield.

For questions about sequencing, assembling, or finishing phage genomes.

Using DNA Master to annotate and analyze phage genomes.

Questions, discussions, and help related to the SEA-GENES database genesDB

Questions, discussions, and help related to using the comparative-genomics program Phamerator.

Questions related to downloading, installing, and using the SEA-PHAGES Virtual Machine.

Questions/comments/discussions related to using the SEA-PHAGES App, available on iOS and Android.

A forum for questions about the Phage Evidence Collection and Annotation Network developed at Western Kentucky University.

Questions and discussions about how to use Consed to quality-control phage genome assemblies.

Using 454's GS De Novo Assembler (aka Newbler) to assemble phage genomes.

Using Starterator to compare called gene start sites across a pham, and interpreting results.

Questions about using AceUtil to quality-control phage genomes.

Questions/comments related to using Arthrobacter species as phage hunting hosts.

Questions/comments related to using Gordonia species as phage hunting hosts.

Questions/comments related to using Microbacterium species as phage hunting hosts.

Questions/comments related to using Mycobacterium species as phage hunting hosts.

Questions/comments related to using Rhodococcus species as phage hunting hosts.

Questions/comments related to using Streptomyces species as phage hunting hosts.