title: PhamDB: a web-based application for building Phamerator databases.
abstract: PhamDB is a web application which creates databases of bacteriophage genes, grouped by gene similarity. It is backwards compatible with the existing Phamerator desktop software while providing an improved database creation workflow. Key features include a graphical user interface, validation of uploaded GenBank files, and abilities to import phages from existing databases, modify existing databases and queue multiple jobs.
  
  
  
  Source code and installation instructions for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX are freely available at https://github.com/jglamine/phage PhamDB is also distributed as a docker image which can be managed via Kitematic. This docker image contains the application and all third party software dependencies as a pre-configured system, and is freely available via the installation instructions provided.
  
  
  
  snelesen@calvin.edu.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science.
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lamine
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Randall J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science.
authors.forename: Serita M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nelesen
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005814:Genes, Viral; D020407:Internet; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface