RNA viral reference database

The RNA viral reference database was composed of (1) 6,621 complete RNA viral genomes collected from the NCBI virus database (accessed on August 12^th, 2022, [1]), (2) 378,253 RNA viral contigs from the RVMT database (v3)[2], and (3) 858 RNA viral genomes published in a terrestrial RNA viral study [3].

[1] NCBI virus database, accessible at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/virus/vssi/#/

[2] Neri U, Wolf YI, Roux S, Camargo AP, Lee B, Kazlauskas D, Chen IM, Ivanova N, Allen LZ, Paez-Espino D. 2022. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell 185:4023-4037. e18.

[3] Chen Y-M, Sadiq S, Tian J-H, Chen X, Lin X-D, Shen J-J, Chen H, Hao Z-Y, Wille M, Zhou Z-C. 2022. RNA viromes from terrestrial sites across China expand environmental viral diversity. Nature Microbiology 7:1312-1323.