CheckV

Check for viruses in contigs using the CheckV quality assessment pipeline.

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Installation

Create an environment:

conda create -n checkv_env

Activate the environment:

conda activate checkv_env

Install CheckV:

conda install -c conda-forge -c bioconda checkv

Install the CheckV database:

checkv download_database ./

Add the path to the database to the system:

export CHECKVDB=/home/checkv/checkv-db-v1.5

checkv end_to_end Virus_IMGVR.fna checkv_output -d /home/checkv/checkv-db-v1.5